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- See:
- let
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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
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| 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. |
| related words: |
decrease, fall off, mitigate, quit, subside |
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