let up

See also: letup and let-up

English

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To cease or stop.
    Synonyms: leave off, let off
    The rain shows no sign of letting up.
    • 2021, Taylor Swift (lyrics and music), “No Body, No Crime”, in evermore‎, performed by Taylor Swift and HAIM:
      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

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