Contraction

1. Contraction of let go. To cease to hold. Generally used in the imperative.

Quotations

• 1949, William Lindsay Gresham: Limbo Tower (page 87)

  He stepped in, gripping the orderly by the front of his white jacket. "Hey, leggo me. You'll start hemorrhaging and they'll blame me."

• 1966, Richard Johns: Pagany (page 120) http://books.google.com/books?lr=&q=%22leggo+mister%22

  Hey, leggo, mister! I want to stay up there in the sun! Jim picked up the kid and carried him.

• 2005, Christine M McMahon: Choices Made: The Street Years

  "Hey, leggo," Nick said pushing Jamy back a little. "What are you doin' ?" "I just wanted to hug you."