let down

let down
transitive verb
1) (lower) herunter-/hinunterlassen; see also academic.ru/33187/hair">hair 2)
2) (deflate) die Luft [heraus]lassen aus
3) (Dressm.) auslassen [Saum, Ärmel, Kleid, Hose]
4) (disappoint, fail) im Stich lassen

I let myself down in the exam — ich habe in der Prüfung enttäuschend abgeschnitten

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1) (to lower: She let down the blind.) herunterlassen
2) (to disappoint or fail to help when necessary etc: You must give a film show at the party - you can't let the children down (noun let-down); She felt he had let her down by not coming to see her perform.) enttäuschen; im Stich lassen
3) (to make flat by allowing the air to escape: When he got back to his car, he found that some children had let his tyres down.) Luft herauslassen
4) (to make longer: She had to let down the child's skirt.) verlängern
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let down
I. vt
1.
to \let down down ⇆ sb (disappoint) jdn enttäuschen; (fail to support) jdn im Stich lassen
2. (lower slowly)
to \let down down ⇆ sth etw herunterlassen
3. BRIT, AUS (deflate)
to \let down down a tyre die Luft aus einem Reifen lassen
4. (make longer)
to \let down down ⇆ sth clothes etw länger machen
to \let down down a hem einen Saum auslassen
5.
to \let down one's hair down sich akk gehenlassen
to \let down the side down BRIT, AUS jdn/sich bloßstellen [o blamieren
II. vi AVIAT heruntergehen
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vt sep
1) (= lower) rope, person herunterlassen; seat herunterklappen; hair, window herunterlassen

I tried to let him down gently (fig) — ich versuchte, ihm das schonend beizubringen

to let one's guard down (lit)seine Deckung vernachlässigen; (fig) sich aus der Reserve locken lassen

2) (= lengthen) dress länger machen; hem auslassen
3)

(= deflate) down — die Luft aus einem Reifen lassen

4)

(= fail to help) to let sb down — jdn im Stich lassen (over mit)

the weather let us down — das Wetter machte uns einen Strich durch die Rechnung

to let the side down — die anderen im Stich lassen

5) (= disappoint) enttäuschen

to feel let down — enttäuscht sein

6)

to let the school/oneself down — die Schule/sich blamieren or in Verruf bringen

you'd be letting yourself down if you only got 5 out of 10 — es wäre unter deinem Niveau, nur 5 von 10 Punkten zu bekommen

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let down
A v/t
1. herunter-, hinunterlassen:
let sb down gently fig mit jemandem glimpflich verfahren; hair Bes Redew
2. ein Kleidungsstück auslassen
3. die Luft lassen aus
4. verdünnen
5. a) jemanden im Stich lassen
b) enttäuschen
B v/i
1. US nachlassen (in in seinen Anstrengungen etc)
2. FLUG US heruntergehen, zur Landung ansetzen
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transitive verb
1) (lower) herunter-/hinunterlassen; see also hair 2)
2) (deflate) die Luft [heraus]lassen aus
3) (Dressm.) auslassen [Saum, Ärmel, Kleid, Hose]
4) (disappoint, fail) im Stich lassen

I let myself down in the exam — ich habe in der Prüfung enttäuschend abgeschnitten

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v.
herablassen v.
niederlassen v.

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