let someone down
1let 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 …
2let 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… …
3let someone down — fail to support or help someone. ↘(let someone/thing down) have a detrimental effect on someone or something. → let …
4let someone down — I m afraid I ve let the team down Syn: fail, fail to support, disappoint, disillusion; abandon, desert, leave stranded, leave in the lurch …
5let someone down gently — seek to give someone bad news in a way that avoids causing them too much distress or humiliation …
6let someone down — disappoint, disillusion …
7let someone down — Syn: fail, disappoint, disillusion, abandon, desert, leave in the lurch …
8ˌlet sb ˈdown — phrasal verb to make someone feel disappointed by not doing something that they are expecting you to do The families of the victims feel that the justice system has let them down.[/ex] …
9let someone/thing down — have a detrimental effect on someone or something. → let …
10Never Let Me Down — For other uses, see Never Let Me Down (disambiguation). Never Let Me Down Studio album by David Bowie …