Emotions & feelings
let it go
stop being angry or worried
To stop thinking or feeling strongly about something that has upset or worried you.
Hear it in real life
He still hasn't apologised.
It was a small mistake, so let it go.
She said something rude, but I chose to let it go.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I need to forget it what he said.
Say: I need to let it go and stop dwelling on what he said.
Learners may confuse letting an upsetting matter go with literally forgetting it, but “forget it what he said” is not a natural sentence.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
let it go; just let it go
Your turn: say it out loud
She said something rude, but I chose to let it go.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
let it go
stop being angry or worried
“She said something rude, but I chose to let it go.”
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