Let go and Takes

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

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Takes is an antonym for let go.

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Let go is an antonym for takes in topics: get, understand, steal, buy.

When the Stillwell gang attempts to kidnap the kids, Clovis takes umbrage to being grabbed and kicks Stillwell in his injured leg, making him let go.

Source: Film / The Apple Dumpling Gang
Some people just can't let go of the past, but this guy really takes it to extremes.

Source: Still Fighting The Civil War
So he makes an appearance just as he's hauling a woman out of a car — the fraction of a second it takes for the mafiosi to let go of her is enough.

Source: Quick Draw

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