Choose and Let go

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Choose verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.

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Let go and choose are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Let go" instead a verb "Choose".

Nearby Words: choosy, choosing, choosey, chooser

Let go verb - Release, as from one's grip.

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Choose and let go are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Choose" instead a verb phrase "Let go".

In order to be let go, the kidnapper made the friends choose among themselves which one of them would die in order for the other two to be let go.

Source: Incurable Cough of Death
Contrast that to the I-1 idol group, which has a large cadre of girls to choose from, and many are let go to be easily replaced by another girl.

Source: Anime / Wake Up, Girls!
To be fair, Roland was completely torn between the two, not being able to choose, until Jake tells him to let go because the Tower was more important.

Source: Offing the Offspring

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