Let down

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let, down.
  2. 2
    fail to meet the hopes or expectations of wordnet
  3. 3
    To allow to descend. transitive

    "They let down the rope and I fastened it to the basket."

  4. 4
    move something or somebody to a lower position wordnet
  5. 5
    To disappoint; to betray or fail somebody. idiomatic, transitive

    "I promised him I would meet him there, and I will not let him down."

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  1. 6
    To lengthen by undoing and resewing a hem. transitive
  2. 7
    To reduce one's level of effort. intransitive
  3. 8
    To soften in tempering.

    "to let down tools or cutlery"

  4. 9
    To thin; to reduce the thickness or viscosity of.

    "let the sauce down with a little pasta water if it starts to become too thick; if the soup is too thick, you can let it down with a little milk; let the sauce down with a dash of the pickling liquor; use some of the stock to let down the onion sauce"

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