letting out

present participle and gerund of let out

(transitive) To release.
(Canada, US, intransitive) Of a school: to finish for the day or term, allowing the pupils to go home.
To allow to operate at higher speed by adjusting controls.
To rent out.
To enlarge by adjusting one or more seams.
(informal) Of sound, to emit.
To disclose.
(transitive) To begin to tell a story.
(dated, slang, transitive) To lay off or fire someone (from a job).