let down
verb- To disappoint; to betray or fail somebody. · I promised him I would meet him there, and I will not let him down.
- To lengthen by undoing and resewing a hem.
- To reduce one's level of effort.
- 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
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“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.”
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