letsomeonedown
phrasal verbwithletverbuk/let/us/let/present participleletting|past tense and past participlelet
B2
todisappointsomeone byfailingto do what youagreedto do or wereexpectedto do:
You will be theretomorrow- you won'tletme down, will you?
When I wassenttoprison, I reallyfeltI hadletmyparentsdown.
- I don'twanttoletmyself down in theexam.
- Iletdown all myfriendsbystealing.
- Ifeelthat Iletdown mycountry.
- Mychildrenwould neverletme down.
- I'm relying onyourhelp-pleasedon'tletme down.
Disappointing yourself and others
- abjectly
- anticlimactic
- anticlimax
- be cracked up to besomethingidiom
- be one in the eye forsomeoneidiom
- break
- disappointingly
- disappointment
- disenchantment
- dishearten
- disheartening
- eye
- fail
- fall
- let the side downidiom
- letdown
- non-event
- pity
- prick
- sick