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单词 to let up
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to let up
to let up
1. transitive †In Old English, to put ashore (obsolete); to raise (literal and figurative).
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)] > a door, gate, etc.
to do upOE
to-thrustc1175
to weve upc1275
unshutc1315
to set upa1387
unyarka1400
to let up1400
yark upc1400
reclude?1440
dupa1549
dub1699
11.. Anglo-Saxon Chron. anno 1014 (Laud) He com to Sandwic & let þær up þa gislas.
1400 Gamelyn 311 Gamelyn ȝede to þe ȝate & lete it up wide.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 685 The system can only be let up or let down by slow degrees.
2. intransitive. To cease, stop. Also, to relax. to let up on: to cease to have to do with, talk of, interfere with, trouble, etc. Originally U.S.
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the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)]
i-swikec893
swikec897
atwindc1000
linOE
studegieOE
stintc1175
letc1200
stuttea1225
leavec1225
astint1250
doc1300
finec1300
blina1325
cease1330
stable1377
resta1382
ho1390
to say or cry ho1390
resta1398
astartc1400
discontinuec1425
surcease1428
to let offc1450
resista1475
finish1490
to lay a straw?a1505
to give over1526
succease1551
to put (also pack) up one's pipes1556
end1557
to stay (one's own or another's) hand1560
stick1574
stay1576
to draw bridle1577
to draw rein1577
to set down one's rest1589
overgive1592
absist1614
subsista1639
beholdc1650
unbridle1653
to knock offa1657
acquiesce1659
to set (up) one's rest1663
sista1676
stop1689
to draw rein1725
subside1734
remit1765
to let up1787
to wind (up) one's pirna1835
to cry crack1888
to shut off1896
to pack in1906
to close down1921
to pack up1925
to sign off1929
the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > cease to deal or have to do with
dropa1616
close1642
to finish with1782
to let up on1882
1787 G. Washington Diary (1925) III. 185 The Plows, after the rain let up, proceeded to finish this part of field No. 5.
1841 J. F. Cooper Deerslayer I. vi. 172 Let up, you painted riptyles—let up!
1857 San Francisco Call 21 Feb. Our spicy contemporary must ‘let up’ on us for this error of omission.
1882 B. Harte Flip, & Found at Blazing Star 62 I promised you I'd let up on him.
1882 B. Harte Flip, & Found at Blazing Star 62 Don't go back on your promise about lettin' up on the tramps, and being a little more high-toned.
1888 Cent. Mag. Aug. 610 This caused me to let up on the creature, when it lumbered away till it tumbled down a precipice.
1891 C. Roberts Adrift in Amer. 45 When the storm let up.
1897 W. D. Howells Landlord Lion's Head 420 What do you suppose was the reason Jeff let up on the feller?
1897 W. D. Howells Landlord Lion's Head 452 What Jeff would natch'ly done would b'en to shake the life out of him; but he didn't;..he let him go.
1902 W. N. Harben Abner Daniel 39 ‘Will you never let up on that?’ Alan asked.
1902 W. N. Harben Abner Daniel 270 I wish you'd let up on that infernal clicking.
1913 J. Galsworthy Fugitive ii. 49 The hunt was joined the moment you broke away! It will never let up!
1921 R. D. Paine Comrades Rolling Ocean i. 8 If I ever let up or weaken, all I need to think of is poor old Dad.
1933 D. L. Sayers Murder must Advertise v. 94 Never let up! Never go to sleep!
1936 H. Hagedorn Brookings xv. 254 He was resourceful, steady, determined, he never let up on a man; and just wore people out.
1943 J. B. Priestley Daylight on Sat. xxx. 243 Bob's a chap that needs to let up, and now he can't let up... So he's angry inside all the time.
1970 C. Major Dict. Afro-Amer. Slang 76 Let up, command to restrain from verbally abusing someone.
1974 E. Lemarchand Buried in Past viii. 138 The girl was..on the brink of tears... ‘Why not let up a bit?’ he suggested.
3. transitive. To relax, diminish.
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1887 A. T. Pierson Evangelistic Work vi. 59 His hand lets up its pressure just as the scale is turning for God.
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