Meaning of let-out | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act or an instance of releasing or letting out something.
2. An opportunity to avoid or escape from a difficult or unpleasant situation.
   Ireland, UK, idiomatic

Examples

““I just want you to know that this whole Missteps thing has nothing to do with me or any of my staff.” A let-out of breath. “I don't know who it is, but it sounds like that letter to the editor from back when you were playing? […]””

“It has of course the brilliant let-out that it does not seek to prove that its statements are true, but only that they are “verifiable”. This principle is relatively weak: Wikipedists are supposed to be able to source their remarks.”

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