: a lessening of effort, activity, or intensity
let up; letting up; lets up
2
: to become less severe
—used with on
Examples of letup in a Sentence
Noun
the downpour continued for hours without letup
Verb
the rain let up just as we reached the house
the windmill slowed down as the wind let up
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 17 Mar. 2025
Despite the talks between Hamas and the US, there has been no letup in Trump’s threats to Hamas.
—Mohammed Al Sawalhi, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
Mark Davis, Newsweek, 16 Mar. 2025
And there is little sign that Mr. Trump is letting up.
—Robert Jimison, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
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Noun
The tumult and the furor were at last dying down Sunday night, the furor of two talented high school teams going at each other 100 miles per hour without letup for nearly two hours and the tumult of the celebration that seemed to pull an entire city of Manchester into the Mohegan Sun Arena.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 17 Mar. 2025
Despite the talks between Hamas and the US, there has been no letup in Trump’s threats to Hamas.
—Mohammed Al Sawalhi, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
Verb
The injury barrage did not let up last year, when Lewis was limited to 81 games by a right adductor strain and another to his right quad.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 16 Mar. 2025
And there is little sign that Mr. Trump is letting up.
—Robert Jimison, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
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“Letup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/letup. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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