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let down

verb

(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 tyre

noun

a disappointment
the gliding descent of an aircraft in preparation for landing
the release of milk from the mammary glands following stimulation by the hormone oxytocin

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Idioms and Phrases

Cause to descend, lower, as in They let down the sails . [Mid-1100s]

Also, let up . Slacken, abate, as in Sales are letting down in this quarter , or They didn't let up in their efforts until the end . The first term dates from the mid-1800s, the variant from the late 1700s.

See let someone down . Also see let one's hair down .

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During my many interviews about the disorder, I heard psychiatrists describe bipolar patients as "ghosts in the system", "the ones that fell through the cracks" and simply as "forgotten" or "let down".

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The NCC told us they were saddened to hear that some holiday caravan owners felt let down by the industry.

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Treasury minister Torsten Bell said there would be "record levels of spending happening in the Welsh government" and said previous Conservative governments "consistently let down Wales" on capital spending which pays for infrastructure.

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"Many of the agencies which dealt with her over a period of many months had legal obligations to safeguard her, and yet she was still let down," she added.

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Mr Singh thinks Reform will do well at next year's Senedd election because "people have had enough of being let down on so many things. Why not try something new?"

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letdown let down easy

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