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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LET-OFF

LET-OFF Let "-off `, n. (Mach. )

 

Defn: A device for letting off, releasing, or giving forth, as the warp from the cylinder of a loom.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

let-off

let-off |ˈlɛtɒf | ▶noun informal a chance to escape or avoid something, especially defeat: the team had two let-offs as shots rebounded to strike the defenders' legs.

 

Oxford Dictionary

let-off

let-off |ˈlɛtɒf | ▶noun informal a chance to escape or avoid something, especially defeat: the team had two let-offs as shots rebounded to strike the defenders' legs.