let down

verbe

En français : laisser tomber, baisser, abaisser, faire descendre

To disappoint; to betray or fail somebody. (transitive) · I promised him I would meet him there, and I will not let him down.
To lengthen by undoing and resewing a hem. (transitive)
To reduce one's level of effort. (intransitive)
To soften in tempering. · to let down tools or cutlery
To thin; to reduce the thickness or viscosity of.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let, down: especially, to allow to descend. · let down your hair· let down a rope

Dans la bibliothèque

“Yes, and her petticoat; I hope you saw her petticoat, six inches deep in mud, I am absolutely certain, and the gown which had been let down to hide it not doing its office.”

Pride and Prejudice, p. 37 · B2

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