Definition of "letup" []

• A reduction in pace, force, or intensity; a slowdown. (noun)
• A temporary stop; a pause. (noun)

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• "Google has been maintaining its leadership role very well without any kind of letup!"
• "Iowa coach Todd Lickliter called it a "letup" by Michigan State."
• "To coin a Spanish phrase, Barcelona played sin prisa pero sin pausa: with no haste, but with no letup either."