Let and Work up

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Let verb - To give permission to.

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Work up and let are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Work up" instead a verb "Let".

Nearby Word: letting

Work up verb - To produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort.

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Let and work up are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Let" instead a verb "Work up".

This was rarely a continuity issue, but it was noticeable that "Let Sleeping Dogs Fry" (where Tucker can't work up the nerve to ask a new intern out) aired after "Bring Me the Head of Tucker Burns" (where Tucker starts a relationship that lasts the rest of the season).

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