let down
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verb
- To allow to descend.βThey let down the rope and I fastened it to the basket.β
- To disappoint; to betray or fail somebodyβI promised him I would meet him there, and I will not let him down.β
- (of clothing) To lengthen by undoing and resewing a hem.
- To reduce one's level of effort.