close out vs let go

close out

verb
  • To terminate a computer program. 

  • To terminate; to call the end of. 

  • To make trades offsetting an existing position, leaving the trader with a neutral position. 

  • Of a wave, to break all at once, instead of progressively along its length. 

  • To exclude by blocking all opportunities to enter or join. 

  • To seal off. 

  • Synonym of close (“to make a sale”) 

let go

verb
  • To dismiss from employment. 

  • To release from one's grasp; to go from a state of holding on to a state of no longer holding on. 

  • To ignore (a comment, etc.). 

  • To emotionally disengage or to distract oneself from a situation. 

  • To fail to maintain a standard of appearance, behavior, or performance. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let, go. 

  • To gain weight 

How often have the words close out and let go occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )