to let down
210
2.9
- phrasal verb
- /lɛt daʊn/
:
decepcionar
- After the team lost the match, many fans expressed that they felt let down by the players' performance.
- never let someone down
And I think that came from being let down a lot when I was a kid.
- And I think that came from being let down a lot when I was a kid.
- And I thought I felt disgusted in humanity, like I was let down by society.
- But it's, it happens that you get let down time and time and time again.
- Like, you feel like women have been, dare I say, let down by a system.
- Well, I just am so let down right now.
- They're the sorts of people I wouldn't want to let down.
- And understandably because they've been hurt, they've been let down before.
- Do you feel like you've been let down?
- And I think that's really that's the biggest let down is that I have let myself down.
- They are, they feel very, very tired and let down.
- It's a point in time for people that I really, really let down.
- I don't like to hope because if you hope, then you can be let down and then you can be hurt.
- So naturally you're going to feel let down.
- If I don't do it, I feel like I've given in, like I've like I've like I've let down the team I do which team?
- I think a lot of us are live with cynicism or the fear of being let down on something they put on a pedestal.
- But for as much as Sally Rooney was kind of hyped up, I was quite let down by conversations with friends.
- You know, just being hurt, being let down, being disappointed, being mistreated, being disrespected.
Examples
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Give me the chance to make a promise, and I won't let you down.
Fiction book (1997) -
I always think I'm going to be loved... and then I'm let down.
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And I think that came from being let down a lot when I was a kid.
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But it's, it happens that you get let down time and time and time again.
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I guess I just want them to feel not let down.
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Now, for the first time, he had let me down.
Academic text (2014) -
"I hate to let you down, seeing as the family is having the wedding here.
Fiction book (1993) -
I'll admit, I was a little let down.
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Speaker, my constituents area has been let down by this government.
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The list of people I've let down is getting longer by the minute.
Synonyms
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1.0
Not do something you promised or should do
492
1.0
Fail to do what someone hoped for
397
4.2
Let someone down when they need you
20
5.3
To do worse than expected or needed
16
2.6
To fail to do what you said you would do
2
4.1
Not make people think something is good or special
1
4.3
To make someone unhappy because something does not meet their needs or wants
Antonyms
How Disappointing
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to lower something carefully' is directly derivable from combining 'let' (allow) with 'down' (to a lower position); this is a transparent compositional particle-verb construction that follows standard English patterns. Such literal motion/position senses are cross-linguistically common and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Let down may come from the simple image of lowering something you were holding: you let it go and it falls down. So when someone 'lets you down' they lower your hopes and 'disappoint' you.