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2021-10-03 04:10
Let up phrase
To give someone time to stand up after sitting or lying on the ground without trying to stop them.
He promised to let me up. However, when I was trying to stand up, he kicked me in the back.
That man is the suspect. Don't let him up!
To let someone rise from a lower place or level to a higher one.
I will let you up if you have the card showing that you are an employee in my company.
The guard was criticized for letting a stranger up into the boss's room.
(Talking about the weather) To come to an end or abate.
When the rain lets up, I will go running.
It's been raining for two days but has yet to seem to let up.
(Normally used before "on") To use less force on something or in the performance of some task.
Hey, let up on it! Sometimes you need to use your finesse instead of force.
He let up on the lid of the jar and found another way to open it.
(Normally used before "on") To diminish the pressure on or become less strict with someone.
If I let up on my son, I'm afraid I will spoil him.
Come on, let up on him! He is just in the first grade. You shouldn't force him to study that long.
To stop talking or thinking about something.
To stop playing in a sport
1. To prevent somebody or something from arriving at a certain place
2. To prevent something from happening or prevent someone from doing something by doing something first
If you say you be/come up against a brick wall, you mean that you are unable to go on or change because some obstacles impede you.
1. To say or do something that makes someone talking stop.
2. To end something suddenly.
The verb "let" must be conjugated according to its tense.
Meaning 3 dates from the late 1700s.
Meaning 5 dates from the late 1800s.
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