Please don't let me down. I am depending on you.
•I let down the entire cast of the play.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
let someone down — let (someone) down to disappoint someone, usually by not doing something. I know it s silly, but I feel like everyone lets me down when I really need help … New idioms dictionary
let someone down — FAIL (TO SUPPORT), fall short of expectation, disappoint, disillusion; abandon, desert, leave stranded, leave in the lurch. → let * * * fail to support or help someone as they had hoped or expected ■ let someone/something down have a detrimental… … Useful english dictionary
let someone down — fail to support or help someone. ↘(let someone/thing down) have a detrimental effect on someone or something. → let … English new terms dictionary
let someone/thing down — have a detrimental effect on someone or something. → let … English new terms dictionary
Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me — Sleeve for 1986 87 live version charity single Single by Elton John from the album Caribou … Wikipedia
let — let1 [ let ] (past tense and past participle let) verb *** ▸ 1 allow ▸ 2 for showing anger etc. ▸ 3 for giving order ▸ 4 rent room/house/etc. ▸ 5 in mathematics ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) transitive to allow something to happen: let someone/something do… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
let — [[t]le̱t[/t]] ♦ lets, letting (The form let is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle.) 1) VERB If you let something happen, you allow it to happen without doing anything to stop or prevent it. [V n inf] People said… … English dictionary
let loose — verb 1. express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words) (Freq. 1) She let out a big heavy sigh He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand • Syn: ↑utter, ↑emit, ↑let out • Derivationally related for … Useful english dictionary
let*/*/*/ — [let] (past tense and past participle let) verb 1) [T] to allow something to happen, or to allow someone to do something Alice s mum won t let her come with us.[/ex] I stepped back and let him pass.[/ex] The large windows let in a lot of… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
let down — let (someone) down to disappoint someone, usually by not doing something. I know it s silly, but I feel like everyone lets me down when I really need help … New idioms dictionary
let — let1 W1S1 [let] v past tense and past participle let present participle letting ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(allow)¦ 2¦(not stop something happening)¦ 3 let go 4 let somebody go 5¦(suggest/offer)¦ 6 let s see 7 let me think … Dictionary of contemporary English
