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let-up

 noun
     
let-up also let‧up American English [singular, uncountable]
when something unpleasant stops or becomes less difficult, severe etc
no let-up/not any let-up
The pressure at work continued without any letup.
let-up in
Streets were flooded, but still there was no let-up in the rain.

➔ let up

at let1
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