let-up

A form of letup — A pause or period of slackening.

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Meanings

nounlet-up (plural let-ups)

plural let-ups

  1. alternativeAlternative form of letup.

    It rained for a week with no let-up.

    2 more examples

    […] the uphill minimum speeds of 66 m.p.h. at Tring, 68 at Roade and 72 at Kilsby Tunnel, no less than the maximum of 85 m.p.h. near Cheddington and of 79 on the level at Weedon, clearly indicated that there was no let-up anywhere.

    1960 April 28, O. S. Nock, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 268

    There's no let-up in the ship-bound sector.

    2022 January 26, Tom Allett, “A gateway to freight growth”, in RAIL, number 949, page 48

Origin

Deverbal from let up.

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