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Let up   /lɛt əp/   Listen
Let up

verb
1.
Become less in amount or intensity.  Synonyms: abate, die away, slack, slack off.  "The rain let up after a few hours"
2.
Reduce pressure or intensity.  Synonyms: ease off, ease up.






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"Let up" Quotes from Famous Books



... hoped that the storm would let up by noon, but twelve o'clock found the snow coming down as fast as ever, blotting out the landscape on every hand. Outside of the moaning of the wind all was as ...
— The Rover Boys In The Mountains • Arthur M. Winfield

... her property she must not let dwindle away too swiftly; her husband was helpless, and she must work, and the children must work. She found the North a place where a day's work meant a day's work in full; there was no let up; the pound of flesh was exacted. So she often tugged home to her apartments very tired ...
— Hanover; Or The Persecution of the Lowly - A Story of the Wilmington Massacre. • David Bryant Fulton

... on this har day, Recowperate yer muscle; Let up a mite this day on toil, 'Taint made for holy bustle. Let them old sorrels jog along, With mighty slack-like traces; Half dreamin', es my sunbeams ...
— Old Spookses' Pass • Isabella Valancy Crawford

... them that way. Still, it isn't every man could seize a pack on him, and you'll have to let up three dollars on the price you ...
— Alton of Somasco • Harold Bindloss

... you know perfectly well that Roger is over head and ears in love with you. Of course, I'm mortally jealous, for he was my friend first, and you stole him away from me. But I'll forgive you if you'll let up on this foolish subject and talk ...
— Patty's Suitors • Carolyn Wells


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