Definitions and Examples of release, let go, drop
Learn when and how to use these words with these examples!
To set free from confinement, restraint, or obligation.
Example
The company decided to release all its employees due to financial difficulties.
Example
She had to let go of her childhood dream of becoming a ballerina.
To let something fall or be released accidentally or intentionally.
Example
He accidentally dropped his phone in the pool and had to buy a new one.
Key Differences: release vs let go vs drop
- 1Release implies setting something free from confinement, restraint, or obligation.
- 2Let go implies allowing something or someone to move freely or without interference.
- 3Drop implies letting something fall or be released accidentally or intentionally.
Effective Usage of release, let go, drop
- 1Daily Life: Use these antonyms to describe actions related to holding objects or people.
- 2Business: Use release to describe the act of freeing someone from a contract or obligation.
- 3Emotional: Use let go to describe the act of releasing emotions or thoughts that are no longer serving you.
Remember this!
The antonyms of holds have distinct meanings. Release implies setting something free from confinement, let go implies allowing something or someone to move freely, and drop implies letting something fall. Use these antonyms in daily life, business, and emotional contexts to convey the opposite meaning of holding onto something.
