let down
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Verb
let down (third-person singular simple present lets down, present participle letting down, simple past and past participle let down)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let, down.
- (transitive) To allow to descend.
- They let down the rope and I fastened it to the basket.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To disappoint; to betray or fail somebody
- I promised him I would meet him there, and I will not let him down.
- (transitive, of clothing) To lengthen by undoing and resewing a hem.
- (intransitive) To reduce one's level of effort.
- To soften in tempering.
- to let down tools or cutlery
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- Arabic: أَنْزَلَ (ʔanzala)
- Chinese:
- Czech: spouštět (cs), spustit
- Dutch: neerlaten (nl)
- Finnish: laskea (fi)
- French: baisser (fr), abaisser (fr), faire descendre, descendre (fr)
- German: herunterlassen (de), hinunterlassen, herablassen (de) (elevated), herniederlassen (archaic)
- Gothic: 𐌰𐍄𐌷𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (athāhan)
- Greek:
- Ancient: χαλάω (khaláō)
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- Irish: scaoil anuas
- Italian: abbassare (it)
- Japanese: 下げる (ja) (さげる, sageru), 下ろす (ja) (おろす, orosu)
- Latin: summittō
- Plautdietsch: raufloten
- Polish: opuszczać (pl), opuścić (pl)
- Portuguese: baixar (pt)
- Russian: опуска́ть (ru) impf (opuskátʹ), опусти́ть (ru) pf (opustítʹ), спуска́ть (ru) impf (spuskátʹ), спусти́ть (ru) pf (spustítʹ)
- Spanish: bajar (es)
- Telugu: జార్చు (jārcu)
to disappoint
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to lengthen by undoing and resewing
to reduce one's level of effort
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to soften in tempering
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