Let
Let verb - To give permission to.
To abandon and let are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "To abandon" with "Let", this terms are similar.
Nearby Word: letting
To abandon
Let and to abandon are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Let" instead a verb phrase "To abandon".
Both terms in one sentence
- Then the film's diminishing returns and Sony's problems led them to abandon the idea and instead let Spidey into the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Source: Left Hanging - Number One coldly threatened to blow everyone up — including herself — instead, and this was what finally convinced the aliens to abandon their plot and let everyone go.
Source: Society Marches On -
Robot invoked this trope midway through the episode when he advised Elliot to abandon the hack and let Shayla die.
Source: Series / Mr. Robot
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To abandon and Let. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 10, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/let/to_abandon
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