Dictionary

let in en · VERB

Meanings

1. (transitive) To let someone or something come in; to admit someone or something in.
   • He opened the window to let in the air.
2. (transitive) To let someone or something come in; to admit someone or something in. ▸ To divulge one's inner thoughts to (someone), making oneself emotionally vulnerable to them; to open up to (someone).
   • So tell me when you're gonna let me in / I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin 2004, “Somewhere Only We Know”, in Hopes and Fears, performed by Keane:
3. (qualifier:Oxford University slang, transitive) To associate with.
   • He has also been good enough to recommend to me many tradesmen who are ready to supply these articles in any quantities; each of whom has been here already a dozen times, cap in hand, and vowing that it is quite immaterial when I pay—which is very kind of them; but, with the highest respect for friend Perkins (my scout) and his obliging friends, I shall make some enquiries before "letting in" with any of them. 1859, Thomas Hughes, chapter 1, in Tom Brown at Oxford:
4. (UK, obsolete, slang) To cheat or victimize.
   • He let me in heavily.

Forms

Antonyms

lock out · lock out · keep out · keep out

Relateds

let in on

Translations (17)

nl binnenlaten (to let someone or something come in) · eo enlasi (to let someone or something come in) · pl wpuszczać (to let someone or something come in) · bg пускам да влезе (to let someone or something come in) · sv släppa in (to let someone or something come in) · pl wpuścić (to let someone or something come in) · es abrir (to let someone or something come in) · bg въвеждам (to let someone or something come in) · la intrōmittō (to let someone or something come in) · sh pustiti unutra (to let someone or something come in) · la admittō (to let someone or something come in) · io enirigar (to let someone or something come in) · lt įleisti (to let someone or something come in) · ru впустить (to let someone or something come in) · ca deixar entrar (to let someone or something come in) · es dejar entrar (to let someone or something come in) · sl spustiti noter (to let someone or something come in)