Emotions & feelings
let your hair down
relax and enjoy yourself freely
To relax and enjoy yourself without worrying about behaving perfectly or controlling yourself.
Hear it in real life
Are you doing anything special after the exams?
Yes, we're going out to let our hair down.
After a long week at work, I just want to let my hair down.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: Let's let our hairs down tonight.
Say: Let's let our hair down tonight.
The expression normally uses the uncountable form "hair," even when referring to more than one person's hair.
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How it fits in a sentence.
let your hair down; letting your hair down; let your hair down after something
Your turn: say it out loud
After a long week at work, I just want to let my hair down.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
let your hair down
relax and enjoy yourself freely
“After a long week at work, I just want to let my hair down.”
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