let's\ don't

let's\ don't
• let's don't
• don't let's
substandard
Let's not; let us not; I suggest that we don't.

"'Let's go out and play," said Fred. "Let's don't until the rain stops," said Mary.

Don't let's go now. Let's go tomorrow instead.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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  • let's don't — also[don t let s] {substandard} Let s not; let us not; I suggest that we don t. * / Let s go out and play, said Fred. Let s don t until the rain stops, said Mary./ * /Don t let s go now. Let s go tomorrow instead./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

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