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letupnoun a usually gradual decrease in the pace or level of activity of somethingthe downpour continued for hours without letup braking, deceleration, downshift, retardation, slowdown decline, drop, slumpebb, remission, retreat, waneflagging, weakeningarrest, check, halt, stoppagecollapse, crash, fall, plunge acceleration, hastening, quickening to come to an endthe rain let up just as we reached the house break off, break up, cease, close, conclude, dead-end, determine, die, discontinue, elapse, end, expire, finish, go, halt, lapse, leave off, pass, quit, stop, terminate, wind up, wink (out) desist (from), lay off (of), refrain (from)give over(British), knock off, pack (up or in)break down, conk (out), cut out, stallpause, stay, suspendabate, peter (out), wind down bite the dust continue, hang on, persist draw out, extend, prolong, protract to grow less in scope or intensity especially graduallythe windmill slowed down as the wind let up abate, de-escalate, decline, decrease, die (away or down or out), diminish, drain (away), drop (off), dwindle, ease, ebb, fall, fall away, lessen, lower, moderate, pall, phase down, ratchet (down)also rachet (down), recede, relent, remit, shrink, subside, taper, taper off, wane compress, condense, constrict, contractevaporate, fade (away), fritter (away), give out, melt (away), peter (out), tail (off), vanishslacken, slow (down)alleviate, relaxflag, sink, weakencave (in), collapse, deflate accumulate, balloon, build, burgeon(also bourgeon), enlarge, escalate, expand, grow, increase, intensify, mount, mushroom, pick up, rise, snowball, soar, swell, wax appear, emerge, show upblow up, distend, elongate, lengthen in 1787 |