let us go

Definitions

1. 1

   Alternative form of let's go (“hortative of go”).

   • ‘Now let us go to my house where we will celebrate the trust with champagne from the Crimea.’
   • “Come,” Vidocq said, offering Lisette his arm, “let us go to my house where we can be more comfortable.[…]”
   • She glanced about. “This is not a place for talk or questions. Come, let us go to the city.”
2. 2

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let, us, go.

   • Only Grump managed to bawl a frantic order to Herman. ‘Let us go, you mad maypole! For goodness sake let us go!’
   • Karin had begged her parents to let us go to the party.
   • Death hovers. It’s not a probability, but it’s always a possibility. So either you let us go, or you let me die right here, right now.

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