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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

let up en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

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

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
letting up Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
let up Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
let up Tense=Past lexicographic
lets up Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Synonyms

let off · leave off

Translations (13)

pl cichnąć (to desist) · pl przestać (to desist) · pl osłabnąć (to desist) · mi waiho atu (to desist) · de aufhören (to desist) · eo ĉesi (to desist) · mi kātirawhe (to desist) · pl ustępować (to desist) · ang āteorian (to desist) · pl ucichnąć (to desist) · pl przestawać (to desist) · pl ustąpić (to desist) · pl słabnąć (to desist)