let-out

Cawdor-Jones was their mutual let-out; except, that was, when his solution was genuinely constructive, when they both vetoed it because they wished they had thought of it themselves.

The Elvis Latte Allie Dresser 2010

The only let-out is that the station must have “technological capacity”, a point which would be hard to argue by stations already offering online streaming.

Radio Stations Must Accept Complaints Online | Lifehacker Australia 2010

Minimum sentencing does not sit easily in the English jurisdiction, for the very good reason that every case is different, and has to turn on its own facts, and that is why the so-called minimum has, as it must have, a let-out clause allowing the judge to take account of exceptional circumstances.

Archive 2008-03-01 Bystander 2008

Minimum sentencing does not sit easily in the English jurisdiction, for the very good reason that every case is different, and has to turn on its own facts, and that is why the so-called minimum has, as it must have, a let-out clause allowing the judge to take account of exceptional circumstances.

Top Cop Slams Beaks Bystander 2008

And there was an early let-out that day because of the weather up in Northern Virginia.

CNN Transcript Apr 17, 2007 2007

And there was an early let-out that day because of the weather up in Northern Virginia.

CNN Transcript Apr 17, 2007 2007

"More bobbies on the beat at school are needed at let-out time to curb the explosion in casual mugging and bullying" - Ashley.

January 30, 2005 Laban 2005

"More bobbies on the beat at school are needed at let-out time to curb the explosion in casual mugging and bullying" - Ashley.

Crime, Yobs and Guardian Readers Laban 2005

"More bobbies on the beat at school are needed at let-out time to curb the explosion in casual mugging and bullying" - Ashley.

Archive 2005-01-30 Laban 2005

The let-out clause, Marcus, is that the oracle at Delphi 'neither reveals nor conceals the truth.'

See Delphi and Die Davis, Lindsey 2005