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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 levelplay

  Familiarity information: LETTING DOWN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LETTING DOWN (noun)


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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