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☆ let·up (let′up′)

noun

  1. a slackening or lessening, as of effort
  2. a stop or pause

Etymology: < phr. let up

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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