LETUP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does letup mean? 

• LETUP (noun)
  The noun LETUP has 1 sense:

1. a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished

  Familiarity information: LETUP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LETUP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

letup; lull

Context example:

there was never a letup in the noise

Hypernyms ("letup" is a kind of...):

break; intermission; interruption; pause; suspension (a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something)

Derivation:

let up (reduce pressure or intensity)

let up (become less in amount or intensity)

 Context examples 

Remain in force or carry on without letup; keep or maintain in unaltered condition; exist in time or space without stop or interruption.

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