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LETUP

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Dictionary entry overview: What does letup mean?

• LETUP (noun)
The noun LETUP has 1 sense:

1. a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished

Familiarity information: LETUP used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• LETUP (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

letup; lull

Context example:

there was never a letup in the noise

Hypernyms ("letup" is a kind of...):

break; intermission; interruption; pause; suspension (a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something)

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