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LETTING DOWN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does letting down mean?
• LETTING DOWN (noun)
The noun LETTING DOWN has 1 sense:
1. the act of causing something to move to a lower level
Familiarity information: LETTING DOWN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of causing something to move to a lower level
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
letting down; lowering
Hypernyms ("letting down" is a kind of...):
movement (the act of changing the location of something)
Context examples
And letting down the side-glass to distinguish, 'Tis Crawford's, Crawford's barouche, I protest!
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
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