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Hi, Ken,

@ken posted:

In an explanation of "let go", The Free Dictionary took an example as this:
>The trapped wolf let go with a bone-chilling howl.
In this sentence  "go" is used as an intransitive verb.

I don't think "go" is intransitive there. I'd say that the phrasal verb "let go" or "let go with" is transitive, as can be inferred from the definition given by the dictionary you mentioned (the bolds are mine):

6. To utter some sudden, fierce, or uncontrolled noise.
Often followed by "with something."
The trapped wolf let go with a bone-chilling howl.
I don't know what made him so angry, but he suddenly let go a string of
expletives.

In turn, the verb "go" alone can also be used transitively to mean what we find below in LDOCE:

20 MAKE A SOUND[transitive] to make a particular sound
The balloon suddenly went bang.

This would be in line with "I go meow."

Thanks, Gustavo,

So,　
>The trapped wolf let go a bone-chilling howl.
is also a correct sentence. Am I right?

The reason I wrote
>  "go" is used as an intransitive verb.
is that in Japan (at least in the far away past),  grammarians and English teachers tend to treat any phrasal verbs ending with prepositions  as intransitive  (they are called "notionally transitive").

I completely agree
>the phrasal verb "let go" or "let go with" is transitive
I am very happy to know this is the accepted view among English speakers.