letup
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let up
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Synonyms & Antonyms for letup
Synonyms: Noun
braking, deceleration, downshift, retardation, slowdown
Synonyms: Verb
break off, break up, cease, close, conclude, dead-end, determine, die, discontinue, elapse, end, expire, finish, go, halt, lapse, leave off, pass, quit, stop, terminate, wind up, wink (out)
Antonyms: Noun
acceleration, hastening, quickening
Antonyms: Verb
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Examples of letup in a Sentence
Noun
the downpour continued for hours without letupVerb
the rain let up just as we reached the house
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Almeyda would talk to the players for a long time without a letup, so the team’s full-time interpreter, a 22-year-old former player named Agustin Zalazar, would have to play catch-up. — Tom Fitzgerald, SFChronicle.com, "Quakes’ coach doesn’t speak much English, but his team is the talk of MLS," 26 July 2019 And there’s no letup in sight: Tensions between the world’s two biggest economies continue to simmer even though President Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, called a ceasefire two weeks ago. — Joe Mcdonald, BostonGlobe.com, "China imports from US plunge 31 percent in June amid tariff war," 12 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'letup.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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letup
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