Meaning of LET DOWN
Pronunciation: | | let dawn
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- [v] fail to meet the hopes or expectations of
- [v] move something or somebody to a lower position
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| Synonyms: | | bring down, disappoint, get down, lower, take down |
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| Antonyms: | | bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise | |
| See Also: | | baffle, betray, bilk, come down, come short, cross, depress, descend, dip, disenchant, disillusion, displace, fail, fall, fall short, foil, frustrate, go down, incline, move, queer, reef, scotch, spoil, thwart | |
Medical Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | The let down reflex is an involuntary reflex during breastfeeding which causes the milk to flow freely. |
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| Related Terms: | | abate, apostatize, arrest, backpedal, backwater, baffle, baffled, balk, balked, bamboozle, bate, bear down, beguile, betray, betrayed, bilk, bilked, blasted, blighted, bluff, bolt, brake, break away, bring low, cajole, cast down, chapfallen, cheat on, check, circumvent, clip the wings, conjure, couch, crestfallen, cross, crossed, crushed, curb, dash, dashed, debase, deceive, decelerate, defeat, defeat expectation, defeated, defect, deflate, degenerate, delay, delude, demit, depress, desert, detain, deteriorate, detrude, diddle, disappoint, disappointed, disgrace, dished, disillusion, disillusioned, disimprove, dissatisfied, dissatisfy, double-cross, downbear, draw rein, droop, dupe, ease, ease off, ease up, embarrass, fall back, foil, foiled, forestall, frustrate, frustrated, gammon, get around, get worse, grow worse, gull, haul down, hoax, hocus-pocus, hold back, hold in check, hold up, hornswaggle, humble, humbug, humiliate, ill done-by, ill-served, impede, indent, inform on, juggle, keep back, let up, let up on, loose, loosen, lose ground, lose momentum, lose speed, lower, mitigate, mock, moderate, mortify, obstruct, out of countenance, outmaneuver, outreach, outsmart, outwit, overreach, pigeon, play one false, press down, pull down, pull out, push down, put out, put something over, put to shame, rat, reduce, reef, regress, regretful, rein in, relapse, relax, remit, retard, retrograde, retrogress, run out on, secede, sell out, set back, shame, sicken, sink, slack, slack off, slack up, slacken, slake, slip back, slow, slow down, slow up, snow, sorely disappointed, soured, stay, string along, take down, take in, take in sail, tantalize, tease, throttle down, thrust down, thwart, thwarted, trick, turn in, two-time, unbend, unbrace, unlax, unstrain, unstring, unwind, worsen |
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