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letup

[let-uhp]

let·up

[let-uhp]
noun Informal.
cessation; pause; relief.

Origin:
1835–45, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase let up
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letup

noun
a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished; "there was never a letup in the noise" 
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