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let oneself go

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To relax and enjoy oneself without restraint.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

Examples

2010, Bradley W. Kuhns, Investigative Hypnosis for Investigators Fill your lungs up, and let it out slowly. Let it out slowly and relax as you exhale. [...] Just let yourself go, (name), and relax.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

verb

Meaning 2

To cease to care about one's appearance, allowing oneself to become unkempt, overweight, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

Finnish: uppoutua — relax and enjoy oneself without restraint
Finnish: eläytyä — relax and enjoy oneself without restraint
German: sich gehen lassen — relax and enjoy oneself without restraint
German: sich treiben lassen — relax and enjoy oneself without restraint
German: loslassen — relax and enjoy oneself without restraint
Hungarian: elengedi magát — relax and enjoy oneself without restraint
Polish: odpuszczać sobie — relax and enjoy oneself without restraint
Polish: odpuścić sobie — relax and enjoy oneself without restraint
Spanish: dejarse llevar — relax and enjoy oneself without restraint
Finnish: antaa itsensä rapistua — cease to care about one's appearance
French: se laisser aller — cease to care about one's appearance
German: sich gehen lassen — cease to care about one's appearance
German: verwahrlosen — cease to care about one's appearance
Hungarian: elengedi magát — cease to care about one's appearance
Polish: zaniedbywać się — cease to care about one's appearance
Polish: zaniedbać się — cease to care about one's appearance
Polish: zapuszczać się — cease to care about one's appearance
Polish: zapuścić się — cease to care about one's appearance
Spanish: descuidarse — cease to care about one's appearance

Word forms

Inflections and variants

lets oneself go — present, singular, third-person
letting oneself go — participle, present
let oneself go — participle, past
let oneself go — past

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Derived and related words

Derived: none provided

Related: glow-down

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