let up

let up (third-person singular simple present lets up, present participle letting up, simple past and past participle let up)

1. (intransitive, of something intense) To cease or stop.

   The rain shows no sign of letting up.

2. (intransitive) To cease or stop (doing something intense).
   • 2021, Taylor Swift (lyrics and music), “No Body, No Crime”, in evermore‎, 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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