Let up
Let up verb - To come to an end.
Usage example: the rain let up just as we reached the house
Stop
Stop verb - To come to an end.
Usage example: the music stopped but we kept on dancing
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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It really starts getting difficult when the levels stop giving you fixed recharge points and only give you powerups, and it doesn't really let up at any point after that.
Source: Video Game / Marathon -
Occasionally the game will let up and allow the objects to stop moving and hang in mid-air, though.
- Teddy Long tried to stop one beating by threatening to first strip him of his title and then suspend him and carrying out both threats when Drew wouldn't let up...but the next week McMahon had overruled both decisions and Drew was back as the Intercontinental Champion.
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