let up
v.
become less extreme or slower (e.g. "It's been snowing so hard for a long time. Will it ever let up?")
let up
Verb
1. become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"
(synonym) abate, slack off, slack, die away
(hypernym) decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
(derivation) letup, lull
2. reduce pressure or intensity; "he eased off the gas pedal and the car slowed down"
(synonym) ease up, ease off
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(derivation) letup, lull
Let-up
(n.)
Abatement; also, cessation; as, it blew a gale for three days without any let-up.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
let up
not do it as much, ease up If the rain lets up, we'll go to the park.
let up
Synonyms and related words:
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
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.