let down

/lɛt daʊn/

/lɛt daʊn/

Other forms: letting down; lets down

Definitions of let down

1. verb

   move something or somebody to a lower position
   synonyms: bring down, get down, lower, take down

   types:

   reef

   lower and bring partially inboard

   depress

   lower (prices or markets)

   dip

   lower briefly

   incline

   lower or bend (the head or upper body), as in a nod or bow

   type of:

   displace, move

   cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
2. verb

   fail to meet the hopes or expectations of
   synonyms: disappoint

   types:

   betray, fail

   disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake

   come short, fall short

   fail to meet (expectations or standards)

   disenchant, disillusion

   free from enchantment

   type of:

   baffle, bilk, confound, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, scuttle, spoil, thwart

   hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of