let down

Meaning

1. 1

   let sb / sth down

   to make sb / sth less successful than they / it should be

   She speaks French very fluently, but her pronunciation lets her down.

2. 2

   let sb down

   to fail to help or support sb as they had hoped or expected

   I'm afraid she let us down badly.

3. 3

   let sth down

   to let or make sth go down

   We let the bucket down by a rope.

4. 4

   let sth down

   to make a dress, skirt, coat, etc. longer, by reducing the amount of material that is folded over at the bottom

5. 5

   let sth downBritish

   to allow the air to escape from sth deliberately

   Some kids had let my tyres down.

In the movies · 285

• Let down your hair!Tangled2010
• Rapunzel, let down your hair!Tangled2010
• I let down the team, Nick.The Internship2013
• We let down our guard.Frozen II2019
• Let me down!Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical2022
• Let her down.Nightmare Alley2021
• I let you down, man. I let you down.Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse2018
• - Can't let down the old man.Interstate 602002

Learn it in full scenes

• Interstate 602002
  • The Legend of O.W. Grant
  • Neal's Dad Hijacks His Birthday Lunch
  • Neal Takes the Card Test

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