let oneself go en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) To relax and enjoy oneself without restraint.
Fill your lungs up, and let it out slowly. Let it out slowly and relax as you exhale. […] Just let yourself go, (name), and relax.
2010, Bradley W. Kuhns, Investigative Hypnosis for Investigators:
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(idiomatic) To cease to care about one's appearance, allowing oneself to become unkempt, overweight, etc.
To be frank, you are an appalling sight at this very moment; you have let yourself go — but I have known you look quite ravishing.
2012, Fay Weldon, The Fat Woman's Joke, page 5:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| lets oneself go | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| letting oneself go | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| let oneself go | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| let oneself go | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
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Translations (19)
fi uppoutua (relax and enjoy oneself without restraint) · es descuidarse (cease to care about one's appearance) · de sich gehen lassen (cease to care about one's appearance) · fi antaa itsensä rapistua (cease to care about one's appearance) · pl odpuszczać sobie (relax and enjoy oneself without restraint) · fi eläytyä (relax and enjoy oneself without restraint) · de sich treiben lassen (relax and enjoy oneself without restraint) · fr se laisser aller (cease to care about one's appearance) · es dejarse llevar (relax and enjoy oneself without restraint) · hu elengedi magát (cease to care about one's appearance) · hu elengedi magát (relax and enjoy oneself without restraint) · de loslassen (relax and enjoy oneself without restraint) · pl zapuszczać się (cease to care about one's appearance) · pl odpuścić sobie (relax and enjoy oneself without restraint) · pl zaniedbywać się (cease to care about one's appearance) · de sich gehen lassen (relax and enjoy oneself without restraint) · de verwahrlosen (cease to care about one's appearance) · pl zapuścić się (cease to care about one's appearance) · pl zaniedbać się (cease to care about one's appearance)