let sb/sth in
— phrasal verb with let uk/let/us/let/verb present participle letting, past tense and past participle let
B2 to allow someone or something to enter:
She opened the door and let me in.
These shoes are starting to let water in.
More examples
- I let them in through the gate.
- The guards should not have let them in.
- The windows let a lot of cold air in.
- We are not supposed to let boys in after dark.
- Quick - let me in - I'm freezing!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Arriving, entering and invading
- annex
- barge
- barge in
- be on the scene idiom
- been
- breaking and entering idiom
- bugger
- go down
- intrusion
- invade
- keep (sb/sth) out
- land
- let
- loom
- pile
- pitch
- pitch invasion
- pitch up
- rock
- roll up! idiom
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Allowing and permitting