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Definition of Let up
1. Verb. Become less in amount or intensity. "The rain let up after a few hours"
Generic synonyms: Decrease, Diminish, Fall, Lessen
Derivative terms: Abatement, Letup
2. Verb. Reduce pressure or intensity. "He eased off the gas pedal and the car slowed down"
Definition of Let up
1. Verb. (intransitive of something intense) to lessen ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Let Up
Literary usage of Let up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"A Let-up. A truce, a cessation. 1837 There was no let up in the matter ...
1857 Our spicy contemporary must " let up " on us for this error day to day, ..."
2. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"P. (3) A bundle of ten sheaves of corn let up together. Devon. (4) A narrow ridge
of land. Cum*. (5) A tailor. Far. d. (6) To go through stitch; ..."
3. The Scientific Papers of the Honourable Henry Cavendish by Henry Cavendish (1921)
"More water was then let up in the same manner, at different times, till almost
the whole of the fixed air was absorbed. As all water contains a little air, ..."
4. A Glossary of Words Used in Swaledale, Yorkshire by John Harland (1876)
"let up, pp. lighted or illuminated. let up, Let in, or Let on, alighted upon. '
I let up with 'em,' met the people I was seeking. ..."