Phrasal Verb: Let (someone/something) down

 

Meaning

• To cause someone to be disappointed, often because you have failed to do what you promised.

• If you let someone down, you disappoint them, by not doing something that you have said you will do or that they expected you to do.

• If something lets you down, it is the reason you are not as successful as you could have been.

Example Sentences

• You will be there tomorrow. You won't let me down, will you? 

• When I failed to get accepted at the top university, I really felt I had let my parents down.

• I don't want to let myself down in the exam.

• My children would never let me down.

• I'm relying on your help. Please don't let me down.

• Don't worry, mom, I won't let you down.

• She’s a great player, and never lets her team down.

• Dad said he'd be here to watch my baseball game, but he let me down again.

• I'll work hard. I don't want to let my family down.

• Have you ever been let down by someone?

• It's painful to feel let down by someone, but it happens to all of us.

• Have you ever let someone down?

• I'll work hard. I don't want to let my family down.

• The company now has a large number of workers who feel badly let down.

• Many believe it was his shyness and insecurity which let him down.

• Sadly, the film is let down by an excessively simple plot.