Let-out

Full definition of let-out

Noun

1. The act or an instance of releasing or letting out something.
• 2014, Timothy Lane, Rules for Becoming a Legend, “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? ...”
2. (idiomatic, chiefly Britain) An opportunity to avoid or escape from a difficult or unpleasant situation.
• 2007, Richard D. North, “Scrap the BBC!”: Ten Years to Set Broadcasters Free, 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.