Definition of Let down

1. Verb. Move something or somebody to a lower position. "They let down the bags on the table"; "Take down the vase from the shelf"

Exact synonyms: Bring Down, Get Down, Lower, Take Down
Generic synonyms: Displace, Move
Causes: Come Down, Descend, Fall, Go Down
Specialized synonyms: Reef, Depress, Dip, Incline
Derivative terms: Lower, Lowering
Antonyms: Raise

2. Verb. Fail to meet the hopes or expectations of. "The performance is likely to let down Sue"; "Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage"
Exact synonyms: Disappoint
Specialized synonyms: Betray, Fail, Come Short, Fall Short, Disenchant, Disillusion
Generic synonyms: Baffle, Bilk, Cross, Foil, Frustrate, Queer, Scotch, Spoil, Thwart
Derivative terms: Disappointment, Disappointment, Letdown

Definition of Let down

1. Verb. To allow to descend. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To disappoint; to betray or fail somebody. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Let Down

let's
let's go
let's not and say we did
let's roll
let's see
let-down
let-down reflex
let-downs
let-off
let-offs
let-through
let-up
let alone
let be
let bygones be bygones
let down (current term)
let drive
let fly
let freedom ring
let go
let go and let God
let go of
let her rip
let him that is without sin cast the first stone
let him who is without sin cast the first stone
let in
let in on
let it be
let it go
let know

Literary usage of Let down

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini (1920)
"Pope was going in procession, Farnese got into a basket and was let down by a rope to the ground. At that time the outer walls had not been built around the ..."

2. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"was going in procession, Farnese got into a basket and was let down by a rope to the ground. At that time the outer walls had not been built around the ..."

3. English Literature: An Illustrated Record by Richard Garnett, Edmund Gosse (1905)
"Encas past : Thence bursting glorious, all at once let down, Stunned with his giddy larum half the town. Intrepid then, o'er seas and lands he flew : Europe ..."

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