Lay into (2) INFORMAL

If you lay into someone, you criticize them in an angry way.

Lay off

If you lay someone off, you stop employing them and tell them they no longer have a job.

lay out (1)

If you lay things out, you spread them out so they're easy to see or easy to use.

lay out (2)

to explain an idea or a plan clearly and in detail

Laze around

to relax and do very little

Lead to

to cause something to happen

Lead up to

If a period of time or a series of events leads up to a particular event, it happens just before it.

Leave behind

If you left something behind, you forgot to bring it with you.

Leave in

If you leave something in, you don't take it out or cut it out.

Leave out

If you leave something out, you don't include it or count it.

Leave to

to give someone responsibility for dealing with something or making a decision about something

Leave up to

If you leave something up to someone, you let them do it or you give them responsibility for it.

let down (1)

If you let someone down, you disappoint them by not doing what they expect you to do.

let down (2)

to release the air from something like a tyre or a blow-up mattress

Let go of

to stop holding something or someone

Let in

If you let someone in, you allow them to enter a room or a building.

let off (1)

to give someone little or no punishment for doing something wrong

let off (2)

to make something explode

let out (1)

to allow somebody or something to leave a place

let out (2)

to make a particular sound or noise

let out (3)

to rent a room or a building to somebody

Let up

to become weaker or to become less intense