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11let down — verb 1. move something or somebody to a lower position (Freq. 7) take down the vase from the shelf • Syn: ↑lower, ↑take down, ↑get down, ↑bring down • Ant: ↑raise ( …
12let down — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms let down : present tense I/you/we/they let down he/she/it lets down present participle letting down past tense let down past participle let down 1) a) to make someone disappointed by not doing something that… …
13let down — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you let someone down, you disappoint them, by not doing something that you have said you will do or that they expected you to do. [V n P] Don t worry, Xiao, I won t let you down... [V P n (not pron)] When such advisers fail in… …
14let\ down — v. phr. 1. To allow to descend; lower. Harry let the chain saw down on a rope and then climbed down himself. 2. To relax; stop trying so hard; take it easy. The horse let down near the end of the race and lost. The team let down in the fourth… …
15let down — verb To disappoint; to betray or fail somebody. I promised him I would meet him there, and I will not let him down. See Also: let down, letdown …
16let down — phr verb Let down is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑weather Let down is used with these nouns as the object: ↑fan, ↑tyre …
17let down — fail to do as well as expected, disappoint He let down his parents when he failed the university entrance exams. (from Idioms in Speech) (smb) to fail a person in a time of need But Lilly, he warned with sober clarity. Don t let me down. (M.… …
18let·down — /ˈlɛtˌdaʊn/ noun, pl downs [count] : something that is not as good as it was expected to be The news was a letdown. [=disappointment] see also let down at ↑let, 1 …
19let-down — noun A disappointment or anticlimax. After seeing all the advertisements, the show itself was quite a let down …
20let-down — /ˈlɛt daʊn/ (say let down) noun 1. disillusionment or disappointment. 2. (in breastfeeding) the release of milk to the ducts beneath the areola, brought about by the secretion of oxytocin by the pituitary gland, which is activated by sucking or,… …
