Let and Parent

Let

Let verb - To give permission to.

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Parent and let are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Parent" instead a verb "Let".

Nearby Word: letting

Parent verb - Bring up.

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Let and parent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Let" instead a verb "Parent".

Nearby Words: parentage, parenting, parenthood, parental, parentally

And instead of calmly explaining the situation or trying to go back in time and reverse this, he let things play by ear, minced his words in front of a hysterical parent, and got slapped for it.

Source: Crouching Moron Hidden Badass / Live-Action TV
Hitomi's parent senses let her track down Zenkichi and Kumagawa (Kumagawa even lampshades this).

Source: Fanfic / World As Myth
Emmy starts to call him out on the evil that Jakes did, but Layton tells her that it's simply the love a child has for his parent, and to let him be.

Source: Video Game / Professor Layton and the Last Specter

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