let go

To release one's physical grip on someone or something.

• He told the child to let go of the railing and step forward.

• Don't let go until I tell you it is completely safe.

To stop dwelling on a painful memory, resentment, or desire for control.

• After years of anger, she finally learned to let go of the past.

• Why is it so difficult for some people to just let go?

To dismiss an employee from a job, often due to downsizing rather than misconduct.

• The company had to let go twenty workers during the restructuring.

• Was anyone from your department let go this morning?