let go by the run
English
editVerb
editlet go by the run (third-person singular simple present lets go by the run, present participle letting go by the run, simple past and past participle let go by the run)
- (nautical, dated) To loosen and let run freely (lines)
- Synonym: let off
- (nautical, dated) To let fall freely (sail)
- Synonym: drop
References
edit- “run”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.