let down
let
lɛt
let
down
daƊn
dawn
/lˈɛt dˈaʊn/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "let down"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to let down
[phrase form: let]
01

āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāĻļāĻž āĻ­āĻ™ā§āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make someone disappointed by not meeting their expectations
Transitive: to let down sb
to let down definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The politician 's empty promises and lack of action let down the voters who had placed their trust in them.
āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ–āĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻļā§āϰ⧁āϤāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āφāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž āĻ­ā§‹āϟāĻžāϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
02

āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύ⧋, āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to lower something that was previously raised or suspended
Transitive: to let down sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The pilot gradually let down the airplane, preparing for a smooth landing on the runway.
āĻĒāĻžāχāĻ˛ā§āϟ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāϟāĻŋ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āϰāĻžāύāĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽāϏ⧃āĻŖ āĻ…āĻŦāϤāϰāϪ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύ⧋

to lengthen a piece of clothing, such as pants or a dress, by releasing or lowering the hem or seams
Transitive: to let down a piece of clothing
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The seamstress let down the hem of the dress, allowing it to flow gracefully to the floor.
āĻĻāĻ°ā§āϜāĻŋ āĻĒā§‹āĻļāĻžāϕ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‡āĻŽ āϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āϰāϞ, āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§‡āĻā§‡āϤ⧇ āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to hinder someone or something's ability to achieve their full potential or perform to their best capabilities
Transitive: to let down sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The athlete's lack of stamina in the final stretch of the race let them down, preventing them from securing a victory.
āĻĻ⧌āĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĨāϞāĻŋāĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāύāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāϝāĻŧ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁ āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĄāĻŋāĻĢā§āϞ⧇āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to intentionally remove air from something that was previously inflated
Dialectbritish flagBritish
Transitive: to let down something inflatable
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The vandal let down the inflatable bouncy castle at the children's party, ruining the fun for everyone.
āĻ­ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāϞ āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āχāύāĻĢā§āϞ⧇āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāϞ āĻŦāĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āϏāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāϏ⧇āϞāϟāĻŋ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āϏāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŽāϜāĻž āύāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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