to let down
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2.0
- phrasal verb
- /lɛt daʊn/
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bajar
- Please be careful when you let down the baby from your arms.
The first bead I let down is already curing.
- The first bead I let down is already curing.
- Launch out into the deep and let down your Nets.
Examples
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He decided to let down the ladder slowly to avoid any accidents.
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After holding the balloon for a while, she gently let down the balloon to the ground.
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Last thing I wanna do is let you down.
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We are not going to let them down.
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You see, George, those men know that I would never let them down.
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Felt like I'd let her down.
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She told me that I let her down.
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I won't let you down.
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So naturally, I don't want to let them down.
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MATT RUTLEDGE: I let them down 'cause I never told them what happened.
Synonyms
812
1.0
To lower something from your hands onto a surface
802
1.0
Make something go down in position, amount, or strength
44
1.6
To move something from a high place to a lower place
41
2.7
To move down at an angle
39
1.8
To move something from a high place to a lower place
29
4.0
To pull something down by weight or force
16
2.0
Make something move down by using force
15
3.3
Move something or someone from a higher to a lower place, for example land an aircraft
5
3.2
To bring something or someone down from a higher place
Antonyms
How Carefully
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 comes from the plain action of releasing to make something go lower: you let a rope, curtain, or blind and it moves down. That's why it means 'to move something from a higher to a lower position carefully'.