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let pass |
let ride |
let slide |
let slip |
let the cat out of the bag |
let up
| let well enough alone
| let-alone
| let-off
| let-up
| letch
let up
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb let up has 2 senses
- let up(v = verb.change) abate, die away, slack, slack off - become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours" is one way to decrease, diminish, fall, lessen
- let up(v = verb.change) ease off, ease up - reduce pressure or intensity; "he eased off the gas pedal and the car slowed down" is one way to alter, change, modify
Derived form noun letup1
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
Derived form noun letup1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
THESAURUS
let up
abate, ablate, arrest, backpedal, backwater, bate, be eaten away, brake, call a recess, check, clip the wings, consume, consume away, corrode, crumble, curb, decelerate, decline, decrease, delay, deliquesce, detain, die away, die down, diffuse, diminish, disjoin, disperse, dive, draw rein, drop, drop off, dwindle, ease, ease off, ease up, ebb, erode, fall, fall away, fall off, forbear, forgive, free, give quarter, have mercy upon, have pity, hesitate, hold back, hold in check, hold up, impede, keep back, languish, lessen, let down, let go, let up on, loose, loosen, lose ground, lose momentum, lose speed, melt, melt away, mitigate, moderate, obstruct, pardon, pause, plummet, plunge, recess, reef, rein in, relax, relent, remit, reprieve, rest, retard, run low, sag, scatter, set back, shrink, sink, slack, slack off, slack up, slacken, slake, slow, slow down, slow up, spare, stay, subside, tail off, take a recess, take in sail, take pity on, thaw, throttle down, unbend, unbrace, unglue, unlax, unleash, unstick, unstrain, unstring, unwind, wane, waste, waste away, wear, wear away
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