Idiom
let down
Meaning
To disappoint; to betray or fail somebody.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I do not want to let you down.”
“He felt terrible because he had to let his team down by missing the final game.”
“Despite his promise to support the project until the end, he ultimately let his colleagues down when he resigned without warning.”
Examples
simple
“I do not want to let you down.”
contextual
“He felt terrible because he had to let his team down by missing the final game.”
complex
“Despite his promise to support the project until the end, he ultimately let his colleagues down when he resigned without warning.”
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