LET UP

найдено в "Англо-русском большом универсальном переводческом словаре"

ослабевать

прекращать, оставлять

найдено в "Dictionary of American idioms"

let up: translation

let up

1. to diminish. •

I hope this rain lets up a little soon.

•

When the snow lets up so I can see, I will drive to the store.

2. to stop [doing something] altogether. •

The rain let up about noon, and the sun came out.

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{v.}, {informal} 1. To become less, weaker, or quiet; become slower or stop. * /It's raining as hard as ever. It's not letting up at all./ * /It snowed for three days before it let up and we could go outdoors./ 2. To do less or go slower or stop; relax; stop working or working hard. * /Grandfather has been working all his life. When is he going to let up?/ * /Let up for a minute. You can't work hard all day./ * /Jim ran all the way home without letting up once./ Compare: SLOW DOWN. Contrast: BEAR DOWN. 3. To become easier, kinder, or less strict. - Usually used with "on". * /Let up on Jane. She is sick./ Syn.: EASE UP. 4. or[change up] To pitch a ball at less than full speed in baseball. - Usually used with "on". * /John pitched a ball that was very fast and the batter missed it. Then he let up on the next pitch and the batter was badly fooled./

найдено в "Dictionary of American idioms"

let up: translation

let up

1. to diminish. •

I hope this rain lets up a little soon.

•

When the snow lets up so I can see, I will drive to the store.

2. to stop [doing something] altogether. •

The rain let up about noon, and the sun came out.

* * *

{v.}, {informal} 1. To become less, weaker, or quiet; become slower or stop. * /It's raining as hard as ever. It's not letting up at all./ * /It snowed for three days before it let up and we could go outdoors./ 2. To do less or go slower or stop; relax; stop working or working hard. * /Grandfather has been working all his life. When is he going to let up?/ * /Let up for a minute. You can't work hard all day./ * /Jim ran all the way home without letting up once./ Compare: SLOW DOWN. Contrast: BEAR DOWN. 3. To become easier, kinder, or less strict. - Usually used with "on". * /Let up on Jane. She is sick./ Syn.: EASE UP. 4. or[change up] To pitch a ball at less than full speed in baseball. - Usually used with "on". * /John pitched a ball that was very fast and the batter missed it. Then he let up on the next pitch and the batter was badly fooled./

найдено в "Moby Thesaurus"

let up: translation

Synonyms and related words:

abate, ablate, arrest, backpedal, backwater, bate, be eaten away, brake, call a recess, check, clip the wings, consume, consume away, corrode, crumble, curb, decelerate, decline, decrease, delay, deliquesce, detain, die away, die down, diffuse, diminish, disjoin, disperse, dive, draw rein, drop, drop off, dwindle, ease, ease off, ease up, ebb, erode, fall, fall away, fall off, forbear, forgive, free, give quarter, have mercy upon, have pity, hesitate, hold back, hold in check, hold up, impede, keep back, languish, lessen, let down, let go, let up on, loose, loosen, lose ground, lose momentum, lose speed, melt, melt away, mitigate, moderate, obstruct, pardon, pause, plummet, plunge, recess, reef, rein in, relax, relent, remit, reprieve, rest, retard, run low, sag, scatter, set back, shrink, sink, slack, slack off, slack up, slacken, slake, slow, slow down, slow up, spare, stay, subside, tail off, take a recess, take in sail, take pity on, thaw, throttle down, unbend, unbrace, unglue, unlax, unleash, unstick, unstrain, unstring, unwind, wane, waste, waste away, wear, wear away

найдено в "Новом большом англо-русском словаре"

[ʹletʹʌp] phr v

1. ослабевать; сходить на нет

the rain is letting up - дождь кончается

2. (on) разг.

1) смягчаться (в отношении кого-л.)

2) оставить в покое (кого-л.); перестать придираться и т. п.

найдено в "Новом большом англо-русском словаре под общим руководством акад. Ю.Д. Апресяна"

{ʹletʹʌp} phr v

1. ослабевать; сходить на нет

the rain is letting up - дождь кончается

2. (on) разг.

1) смягчаться (в отношении кого-л.)

2) оставить в покое (кого-л.); перестать придираться и т. п.

найдено в "Новом большом англо-русском словаре"

let up
[ʹletʹʌp] phr v
1. ослабевать; сходить на нет
the rain is letting up - дождь кончается
2. (on) разг.
1) смягчаться (в отношении кого-л.)
2) оставить в покое (кого-л.); перестать придираться и т. п.

найдено в "Англо-русском словаре общей лексики"

разг. 1) ослабевать When will this rain let up? — Когда же прекратится этот дождь? 2) прекращать, оставлять The doctor has been working for fifty hours without letting up. — Доктор работал 50 часов без перерыва.

найдено в "Collocations dictionary"

let up: translation

phr verb

Let up is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑rain

найдено в "Англо-русском сленговом словаре"

v. phr. ослаблять, уменьшать: - Look! Hurricane's not letting up at all! - Гляди! Ураган и не думает утихать!

найдено в "Англо-украинском словаре"

розм.а) слабнутиб) припиняти, залишати

найдено в "Англо-русском словаре идиом"

ослаблять(ся), уменьшать(ся), отпускать, проходить ( напр., о буре, о боли и пр.)

найдено в "Англо-русском морском словаре"

Замедляться; стихать

найдено в "Англо-русском дополнительном словаре"

ослабевать; прекращать, оставлять

найдено в "Англо-русском словаре редакции bed"

v. прекращаться