Usually means: Failure to meet expectations, disappointment.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word let down:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. let down: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. let down: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. let down: Collins English Dictionary
  4. let down: Vocabulary.com
  5. Let-Down, let-down: Wordnik
  6. let-down, let down: Wiktionary
  7. let-down, let down: Dictionary.com
  8. Let Down (Bif Naked song), Let Down (Dead By Sunrise song), Let Down (Dead by Sunrise song): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. let down: Phrasal Verb Page
  10. let down: Free Dictionary
  11. let-down: ESL Idiom Page
  12. let down: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. let-down, let down: Dictionary/thesaurus
  14. let-down: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  15. Let Down (Radiohead song), Let Down: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. let down: Rhymezone

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. let down: Legal dictionary
  2. let down: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. let down: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. let-down, let down: Medical dictionary
  2. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)
  3. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Johnson Bwby (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. let down: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Let Down, let-down: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Let down: Sports Definitions

(Note: See let_downs as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (let down)

verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let, down.
verb:  (transitive) To allow to descend.
verb:  (transitive, idiomatic) To disappoint; to betray or fail somebody.
verb:  (transitive, of clothing) To lengthen by undoing and resewing a hem.
verb:  (intransitive) To reduce one's level of effort.
verb:  To soften in tempering.

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