Let (someone) Go Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms

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let (someone) go What does let (someone) go mean?	discharge someone from a job, fire someone	The company has decided to let several hundred workers go in order to become profitable again.
let (someone) go What does let (someone) go mean?	free someone from prison or from an arrest	The courts decided to let the man go because there was no evidence to keep him in prison.
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put (someone) away What does "put (someone) away" mean?	to put someone in a mental institution/hospital	The man was doing much damage to himself and had to be put away in a mental institution.

spiffed up What does "spiffed up" mean?	nicely dressed; cleaned up.	You got all spiffed up for today's meeting? Why?
do in (something) or do (something) in What does "do in (something) or do (something) in" mean?	to ruin or destroy something	The boy quickly did in the new shoes that he had received for his birthday.
nine-to-five job What does "nine-to-five job" mean?	a routine job in an office that involves standard office hours (usually 9:00 AM until 5:00 PM)	My father always worked at a nine-to-five job.
grease What does "grease" mean?	protection money paid to organized crime groups
a copycat What does "a copycat" mean?	someone who copies another person`s work etc.	The boy is a copycat and often copies the other students' work.
ASL What does "ASL" mean?	age, sex, and location (question posed in chat rooms online)
teething problems What does "teething problems" mean?	difficulties and problems experienced in the early stages of a project/activity	The project has many teething problems that we must deal with.

tube What does "tube" mean?	ocean wave when breaking
Carry the can What does "Carry the can" mean?	If you carry the can, you take the blame for something, even though you didn't do it or are only partly at fault.
a scaredy-cat What does "a scaredy-cat" mean?	someone who is easily frightened (usually used by children)	The children called their friend a scaredy-cat because she would not go into the empty house.
all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy What does "all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" mean?	it is not healthy to spend all of your time working and never relaxing or playing	The parents always wanted their child to study and did not realize that all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
bear fruit What does "bear fruit" mean?	to yield or give results	The girl's hard work began to bear fruit when she won the dance contest.

American Idioms and Expressions

Let (someone) Go Idiom