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Meanings of letting down in English

The act of causing something to move to a lower level.

Usage of letting down in English
1
In war-time there is constant danger of letting down the health standard.
Food Guide for War Service at Home / Prepared under the directio...
2
It is a blood-stained regime that is letting down its own people.
Reuters
3
The cold wall of her reserve seemed to be gradually letting down.
Stubble
4
Charles went from window to window, letting down the heavy canvas awnings.
L'Assommoir
5
Putting up your hair and letting down your skirts has done wonders.
The Girl at Cobhurst
6
You are also letting down those we were sent here to help.
Take Me for a Ride: Coming of Age in a Destructive Cult
7
One imagines some mermaid version of Rapunzel letting down her seaweed hair.
The Guardian
8
I felt I was letting down my girls by not raising this.
Reuters
9
He was letting down nobody; neither the managements nor the public.
The Mountebank
10
The trees overhead made a great sound of letting down their dry rain.
Fahrenheit 451
11
Then I had to do it-orrisk letting down my team.
The game on! diet: kick your friend's butt while shrinking your ...
12
That we were letting down a colleague with psychological... who isn't very well.
The blood spilt
13
The 7YO stalked the early pace midfield before letting down powerfully.
News.com.au
14
Susan had removed veil and hat, was letting down her hair.
Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
15
Kathryn inquired, with an abrupt letting down of her terse dignity.
The Brentons
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But none of that excused the way she was letting down old Herb.
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common