The action will let the Treasury Department block or seize any of their money within reach of United States laws.

VOA: special.2009.04.18

Just be careful not to let the cat out of the bag, or someone may leave you holding the bag.

VOA: special.2009.01.25

Much harder,of course, is changing a system that let companies take the risks that led to the current financial crisis.

VOA: special.2009.03.20

When I visited Madame Vulpes, she let me speak to the spirit of the man who invented the microscope.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

He wants to let the Bush administration's tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans end next year, replaced by a middle-class tax cut.

VOA: special.2009.02.27

He said it would be best to let the people themselves decide if New Mexico would be a slave or free state.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

If you tell about something that was supposed to be a secret, we say you let the cat out of the bag.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

And,if you wish someone good night, you might say, "sleep tight -- don't let the bed bugs bite."

VOA: special.2009.06.28

But the president says he will not let health reform be paid for in his words -- "on the backs of middle-class families."

VOA: special.2009.07.25

The phrase to be left holding the bag is as widely used as the expression to let the cat out of the bag.

VOA: special.2009.01.25

John Henry told the supervisor he would never let the machine take his job.His friends all cheered.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

Money from the Borlaug Fellowship program will let the researchers study agricultural climate change with American scientists.

VOA: special.2010.01.05

The process let them look effectively for small hake and other fish that move often and unpredictably.

VOA: special.2010.03.02

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner says the financial crisis developed in part because the existing system let some companies "shop for the weakest regulator."

VOA: special.2009.06.19