let go by the run

English

Verb

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

1. (nautical, dated) To loosen and let run freely (lines)

   Synonym: let off

2. (nautical, dated) To let fall freely (sail)

   Synonym: drop

References

• “run”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.