let oneself go

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

let oneself go (third-person singular simple present lets oneself go, present participle letting oneself go, simple past and past participle let oneself go)

1. (idiomatic) To relax and enjoy oneself without restraint.

   Natara lets herself go with a cup of coffee after she helps close the café.

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

   Cherrie fell down the tree of ugly and hit branches galore upon letting herself go.

Translations

relax and enjoy oneself without restraint

• Finnish: uppoutua (fi), eläytyä (fi)
• German: sich gehen lassen (de), sich treiben lassen, loslassen (de)
• Hungarian: elengedi magát
• Spanish: dejarse llevar

cease to care about one's appearance

• Finnish: antaa itsensä rapistua
• French: se laisser aller (fr)
• German: sich gehen lassen (de), verwahrlosen (de)
• Hungarian: elengedi magát
• Polish: zaniedbywać się impf, zaniedbać się pf
• Spanish: descuidarse (es)

See also

• glow-down