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- fail to support or help someone as they had hoped or expected:"if I let him down now, I knew he'd never trust me again"
- BRITISH ENGLISHhave a harmful effect on the overall quality or success of someone or something:"the whole machine is let down by the tacky keyboard"
- lower something slowly:"they let down a basket on a chain"
- make a garment longer by lowering the hem:"I put on a skirt that Sylvie had let down for me"
- BRITISH ENGLISHdeflate a tire:"the driver was still in the cab, so I couldn't let the tires down"
- (of an aircraft) descend prior to landing:"over the harbor, I started to let down"
nounlet-down (noun)- a disappointment or a feeling of disappointment:"the election was a bit of a letdown"
- a decrease in size, volume, or force:"letdowns in sales have been frequent and widespread"
- the release of milk in a nursing mother or lactating animal:"in order to aid let-down do not feed at this time"
- aeronauticsthe descent of an aircraft or spacecraft before landing:"you might well commence a let-down miles away"
Similar and Opposite Wordsdefinitionnoun- a disappointment or a feeling of disappointment:
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- Let down is a verb or a noun that means to fail to help or support someone, or to disappoint someone123. It can also mean to lower something, to undo and lengthen a hem, to untie and loosen hair, or to deflate something3. For example, you can let down a friend in a crisis, let down a dress that is too short, let down your hair, or let down a tyre.Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.letdown noun [ C usually sing ] us / ˈletˌdɑʊn / Add to word list an act of disappointing someone; disappointment: It was quite a letdown when Joyce only got a grade of C on the final exam.dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/letdown1 : to fail to help or support let down a friend in a crisis 2 : to fail to come up to expectations : disappoint the end of the story lets the reader downwww.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/letdownlet down verb(tr, mainly adverb) (also preposition) to lower to fail to fulfil the expectations of (a person); disappoint to undo, shorten, and resew (the hem) so as to lengthen (a dress, skirt, etc) to untie (long hair that is bound up) and allow to fall loose to deflate: to let down a tyrewww.dictionary.com/browse/letdown
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