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let down

/ let down /

verb

verb Sense 1

fail to meet the hopes or expectations of

"Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage"

Type of:

thwart queer spoil

Kinds of:

fail betray fall short come short disenchant

Derived:

disappointment letdown dashing hopes

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s something with something

Somebody ----s on something

verb Sense 2

move something or somebody to a lower position

"take down the vase from the shelf"

Opposites:

raise lift elevate get up bring up

Type of:

move displace

Kinds of:

reef depress dip incline

Derived:

lower berth lower lowering letting down

Causes:

descend fall go down

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Somebody ----s something with something

Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

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