letting up 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of letting upnext
as in dying (down)

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letting up

2 of 2

verb

present participle of let up
1
as in ending
to come to an end the rain let up just as we reached the house

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2
as in decreasing
to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually the windmill slowed down as the wind let up

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for letting up
  1. ending
  2. stopping
  3. diminishing
  4. expiring
  5. ceasing
  6. halting
  7. falling
Verb
  • Rich, velvety and savory palate, waxy notes, and oak tannins ending on a finish that lasts forever.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Hitting into a season-ending double play or otherwise being retired wouldn’t have undone all of Alonso’s achievements with the Mets.
    Jerry Beach, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of ending
Verb
  • According to the Latin Recording Academy, more than 30 artists took the stage to deliver show-stopping tributes honoring the memories of key figures who made great contributions to Latin music.
    Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Opposing productivity means stopping progress.
    William Dunkelberg, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of stopping
Verb
  • Simultaneously, her greener-than-green sous chef Lucia (Barbie Ferreira) — another hire by Andreas — flirts up a storm with their financer and starts testing her new boss’s rapidly diminishing patience.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Chief among them is the war in Ukraine, where Moscow is intent on diminishing popular support among Americans for Ukrainian independence.
    Daniel Klaidman, CBS News, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of diminishing
Verb
  • Meanwhile, investors are bracing for 2024 election results, which will impact trillions in expiring tax cuts after 2025, among other economic policies.
    Kate Dore, CFP®, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2024
  • One of the matters on the agenda was whether six board members whose terms were expiring, including Thompson, would keep their positions.
    Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of expiring
Verb
  • In other cases, like with Adept, what’s left of the startup is also ceasing to develop models (its deal with Amazon is now under FTC scrutiny).
    Sage Lazzaro, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024
  • That is in the ballpark of the number of people who exited last month as a result of Paramount TV Studios ceasing operations, with its slate taken over by CBS Studios — despite ABC Signature being larger than PTVS, and the Disney consolidation spanning two different areas.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of ceasing
Verb
  • The work stoppage is halting the flow of a wide variety of goods over the docks of almost all cargo ports from Maine to Texas.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The 50,000 members of the union working at ports from Maine to Texas have been on strike since early Tuesday morning, halting the flow of the majority of containerized imports into the United States, along with many of the exports, disrupting the sales of American businesses overseas.
    Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of halting
Verb
  • While the company's business model is fairly recession resilient, falling asset prices would almost certainly lead to at least a temporary drop in revenue and net income.
    GuruFocus, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Signs of destruction are clearly visible throughout its streets – shrapnel holes in facades, damage caused by falling debris, destruction caused by direct hits by rockets.
    Ivana Kottasová and Zeena Saifi, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of falling
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Thesaurus Entries Near letting up

letting the cat out of the bag (about)

letting up

letting up (on)

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