let up

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.

   Synonyms: leave off, let off

   The rain shows no sign of letting up.

   • 2021, Taylor Swift (lyrics and music), “No Body, No Crime”, in evermore‎^[1], performed by Taylor Swift and HAIM:

     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

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