let down

Questions about let down

What does let down mean?

let down means "move something or somebody to a lower position". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for let down?

Close synonyms include lower, take down, get down, bring down, disappoint. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is let down a common word?

let down is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.