Grammar fix
let someone go
end someone's employment
To end someone's employment, often in a gentler way than saying that they were fired.
How oftenCommon
LevelB1
Used inSpeech & writing
Hear it in context
Notice where the phrase sounds natural.
The shop had to let two employees go after sales dropped.
My first manager got let go after loads of customers complained about him, and to be honest nobody on the team was that surprised.
Fix the pattern
One small grammar move makes it sound right.
Not: The company let go him last week.
Say: The company let him go last week.
With a person, put the object between 'let' and 'go'.
Don't confuse it
Other ways to say it
End someone's job because it's no longer needed
Which varietyBritishAmerican
make someone redundantBritish: ending employment because the job is no longer needed.
let someone goYou're here · Gentler, UK and US; also used for firing.
lay offEspecially American: job cuts caused by insufficient work or money.