Английский словарь американских идиом - let up
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Let up
let up
{v.}, {informal} 1. To become less, weaker, or quiet; become slower or stop. * /It's raining as hard as ever. It's not letting up at all./ * /It snowed for three days before it let up and we could go outdoors./ 2. To do less or go slower or stop; relax; stop working or working hard. * /Grandfather has been working all his life. When is he going to let up?/ * /Let up for a minute. You can't work hard all day./ * /Jim ran all the way home without letting up once./ Compare: SLOW DOWN. Contrast: BEAR DOWN. 3. To become easier, kinder, or less strict. - Usually used with "on". * /Let up on Jane. She is sick./ Syn.: EASE UP. 4. or change up To pitch a ball at less than full speed in baseball. - Usually used with "on". * /John pitched a ball that was very fast and the batter missed it. Then he let up on the next pitch and the batter was badly fooled./
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1.
If an unpleasant, continuous process lets up, it stops or becomes less intense. The rain had let up. PHRASAL VERB: oft with brd-neg, V P see also let-up ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
2.
intransitive verb Date: 1787 1. a. to diminish or slow down ; slacken b. cease, stop 2. to become less severe — used with on ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
1. ослабевать; сходить на нет the rain is letting up —- дождь кончается 2. (on) разг. смягчаться в отношении (кого-л.); оставить в покое (кого-л.); перестать придираться и т. п. ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
4.
noun coll. прекращение; приостановка; ослабление; it rained without let-up - дождь не прекращался ни на минуту Syn: see break ...Англо-русский словарь
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