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let up

let up

 
See:
let
part of speech: phrase
definition 1: to cease or diminish.
Finally, the rain is letting up.The pressure on the mayor never lets up.Both players' strength seems to be letting up at this point in the match.The child's cries did not let up until his father arrived.
synonyms:
abate, cease, decrease, diminish, lessen, slacken, subside
similar words:
blow over, lull, moderate, relax
definition 2: to become less severe or intense in one's treatment of someone (usu. fol. by "on").
His captors never let up on him until he confessed.The children begged their father to take them to the beach and they didn't let up on him until their mother came home.You're pushing the boys too hard. You need to let up a bit.