let up

verb

To cease or stop.

“The rain shows no sign of letting up.”

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leave offlet offabateslack offslackdie awayease upease off
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Meanings

verblet up (third-person singular simple present lets up, present participle letting up, simple past and past participle let up)

present singular third person lets up · participle present letting up

  1. intransitiveTo cease or stop.

    The rain shows no sign of letting up.

    1 more example

    I think he did it but I just can't prove it / No, no body, no crime / But I ain't letting up until the day I die

    2021, Taylor Swift, “No Body, No Crime”, in evermore, performed by Taylor Swift and HAIM

    Synonyms: leave off, let off

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo cease or stop.

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leave offlet off

More synonyms by meaning

verbbecome less in amount or intensity

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abateslack offslackdie away
Broader
decreasediminishlessen

verbreduce pressure or intensity

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ease upease off
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changealtermodify
Also see
abateceasedesistdie awayease offease upholdleave offlet offslackslack off

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Esperanto ĉesi
  • ĉesito desist
German aufhören
  • aufhörento desist
Māori kātirawhe, waiho atu
  • kātirawheto desist
  • waiho atuto desist
Polish przestawać, przestać
  • przestawaćto desist
  • przestaćto desist
  • cichnąćto desist
  • ucichnąćto desist
  • słabnąćto desist
  • osłabnąćto desist
  • ustępowaćto desist
  • ustąpićto desist
Cite this entry
APA

let up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/let%20up

MLA

“let up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/let%20up. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “let up,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/let%20up.

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