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let up

let up verb: to cease or stop.

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.
    • 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 die2021, Taylor Swift, “No Body, No Crime”, in evermore, performed by Taylor Swift and HAIM
    Synonyms:
    leave off, let off

let up meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

let up in Tamil

குறைதல், நிறுத்தல், நோய்த் தணிவு

let up in Malayalam

decrease, abate, lessen
ഇളവുണ്ടാവുക, ശക്തിയിലോ അളവിലോ കുറവു വരുക, കുറയുക, ശമിക്കുക, ചുരുങ്ങുക, ചെറുതാകുക
ease up, ease off, relax
ഇളവടെുക്കുക, ശ്രമം കുറയ്ക്കുക, വിശ്രമിക്കുക, സ്വാസ്ഥ്യം വരുത്തുക, കയ്യിളയ്ക്കുക, കെെയ്ക്കു വിശ്രമം കൊടുക്കുക
treat less severely, be more lenient with, be kinder to
ഇളവുകാട്ടുക, ഇളവുകൊടുക്കുക, മയത്തോടെ പെരുമാറുക, കുറഞ്ഞ ശിക്ഷകൊടുക്കുക, ദയവോടെ പെരുമാറുക, ദയവു കാണിക്കുക

Synonyms of let up

Forms of let up

third-person singular presentlets up
present participleletting up
past participlelet up
pastlet up

Questions about let up

What does let up mean?
Let up means to cease or stop.
What is let up in Tamil?
Let up in Tamil is குறைதல், நிறுத்தல், நோய்த் தணிவு. See Let up meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is let up?
Let up is a verb.
What is the past tense of let up?
The past tense of let up is let up.

Words near let up in the dictionary

  1. let there be light
  2. let things alone
  3. let things be
  4. let this cup pass from me
  5. let through
  6. let up
  7. let us
  8. let us count the ways
  9. let us go
  10. let us see
  11. let well alone

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: let up (page history and authors); let up (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); let up (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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