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    [Noun]  | "let*down" | \ ˈlet-ˌdau̇n \


    1: discouragement, disappointment

    2: a slackening of effort : relaxation

    3: the descent of an aircraft or spacecraft to the point at which a landing approach is begun


    Origin: 1768 ;

    [Verb]  | "let down" 


    1: to allow to descend gradually

    2: to fail to support

    3: disappoint


    Origin: 12th century ;

    [Verb]  | "let" | \ ˈlet \


    1: to cause to : make

    2: to give opportunity to or fail to prevent

    3: —used in the imperative to introduce a request or proposal


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English leten, from Old English lǣtan; akin to Old High German lāzzan to permit, and perhaps to Lithuanian lėnas tranquil;

    [Idiom]  | "let down one's guard" 


    1: to relax and stop being careful and alert

    [Idiom]  | "let one's guard down" 


    1: to relax and stop being careful and alert

    [Idiom]  | "let (someone) down easy/gently" 


    1: to give someone unpleasant news in a gentle or kind way

    [Idiom]  | "let the side down" 


    1: to disappoint family, friends, etc., by failing to do what is needed or expected

    [Noun]  | "letdown" 


    1: the emotion felt when one's expectations are not met;


      * e.g., " ... the museum exhibit was just so-so, and we returned home with a vague sense of letdown "





    2: something that disappoints;


      * e.g., " ... the eagerly anticipated new movie starring our favorite actor turned out to be a big letdown "



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    [Verb]  | "let down" 


    1: to fall short in satisfying the expectation or hope of;


      * e.g., " ... with my poor performance I really felt that I had let my teammates down "





    [Verb]  | "let" 


    1: to give permission to;


      * e.g., " ... my parents would not let me drive until I had a job and could pay for my own gas "





    2: to give the possession and use of (something) in return for periodic payment;


      * e.g., " ... the pensioner has begun letting rooms in her home to earn some extra money "





    3: to make able or possible;


      * e.g., " ... the low gravity on the moon lets you make enormous leaps and jumps "





     [ "let down" ]

    1: Finding one's self dissapointed with the physical appearance of another after waking up next to them following a night of heavy alcohol comsumption.

      * e.g.,  ... I woke up next to Coach's wife and found myself completely let down because of her shitty face. 

     [ "let down" ]

    1: the most beautiful song in the world.

      * e.g.,  ... it had to be radiohead (: 

     [ "Let down" ]

    1: Underrated song off the album Ok computer by Radiohead

      * e.g.,  ... Let down is an underrated gem 

     [ "Let Down" ]

    1: A very bad decision by a certain person that makes others very disappionted

      * e.g.,  ... Gerard stated we could come to his house on friday, then made a BS, let down choice and dident let us. 

     [ "Let down" ]

    1: When a girl you love decides to leave you dangling on a string over a tank of acid. She promises to love you, then suspends you forever, leaving you to question your sanity while she runs off with someone else. She could help you up, but she would rather keep plucking the string and watch you writhe as you scream in misery. Why people do this? Because they are all sadists, and they only love to see you suffer, and by the way, your dream doesnt exist. You feel forever empty. You will be Two-face forever.

      * e.g.,  ... She was are real Let down. I loved her truly, but she prefered the company of a trailer-trash moron with missing teeth. I write this in tribute to every man who spent years building confidence, only to have it shattered by infectious human waste. You are not forgotten. 

     [ "Let Down" ]

    1: A very good song by Radiohead, of the OK Computer CD.

      * e.g.,  ... Thom Yorke is awesome ! 

     [ "let-down" ]

    1: An involutary reflex during breast feeding which causes the milk to flow freely at any given time. Can be triggered by any number of situations, two examples are, thoughts about a child or hearing a child cry.

      * e.g.,  ... After birth, while pouding a Big-Mac and fry, Gina experienced let down (this woman eats copious amounts of fast-food). she then proceeded to tell all of Utah about the experienced let-down. 

     [ "let-down" ]

    1: when a woman performs oral sex on a man from behind.

      * e.g.,  ... Sherry gave Frank a let-down last night and he loved it. 


     [ "let-down" ]

    2: The female version of salad tossing which includes the female massaging the males scrotum.

     [ "let-down reflex" ]

    1: Suckling the female breast creates a flow of her milk, a let down. May also be triggered by sexual activity.

      * e.g.,  ... She moaned pleasantly as my suckling triggered her let-down reflex and her milk began to flow. 


     [ "let-down reflex" ]

    2: The hormone oxytocin triggers the release or let down.

     [ "Let down easy" ]

    1: Letting someone down without hurting their feelings

      * e.g.,  ... If someone asks you on a date, and you want to say no, you could let them down in two ways No bloody way = Letting them down hard 

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