to lapse
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- verb
- /læps/
- The 2 percent payroll tax break would lapse, raising tax withholding on more than 120 million working households.
- let something lapse
- allow something to lapse
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Watch on YouTubeThe Republican freshmen were going, no, we need more faster and they let that lapse.
- The Republican freshmen were going, no, we need more faster and they let that lapse.
- And so far, no one has come under these criminal penalties as far as after the exception lapsed.
- When that moment lapses and is over, how do you then become a normal human being?
Examples
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Well, I'm such a smart businessman, Ben, that I went and let the insurance policy lapse.
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If the maintenance is allowed to lapse, so does the quality of government.
Blog text (8) -
I had to let the policy lapse.
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We have the system, but we let the service lapse.
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Avoid letting your coverage lapse to keep your policy rates low.
Blog text (5) -
Maybe I will just let my subscription lapse without renewal.
Blog text (13) -
I don't know how I let it lapse, but we have been so busy.
Fiction book (1994) -
"You don't let your insurance policy lapse right when you are about to collect.
Fiction book (2002) -
The problem is that we let these practices lapse while we adopted the use of more and more disposable products.
Blog text (19) -
I let my gym membership lapse because I couldn't afford the fees anymore.
Synonyms
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Stop being valid after a set time
Antonyms
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- Informal
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Surface Forms
Etymology
When something like a membership lapses, the origin is Latin labi 'to slip' or 'fall', so the idea is that it 'falls away' or comes to an end if not kept active.