LETDOWN Definition & Meaning

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letdown

or let-down

[ let-doun ]

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noun

a decrease in volume, force, energy, etc.:
a letdown in sales; a general letdown of social barriers.
disillusionment, discouragement, or disappointment:
The job was a letdown.
depression; deflation:
He felt a terrible letdown at the end of the play.
the accelerated movement of milk into the mammary glands of lactating mammals upon stimulation, as by massage or suckling.
Aeronautics. the descent of an aircraft from a higher to a lower altitude preparatory to making an approach and landing or to making a target run or the like.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of letdown¹

First recorded in 1760–70; noun use of verb phrase let down

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Rivers said the team’s playoff letdown that year doesn’t bother him because he knows the players’ hearts weren’t in it.

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“Our guys do a really good job of doing that, which as a byproduct, guards against any type of letdown.”

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“And I think that managing high expectations that we have every year, I think our guys do a really good job of doing that, which as a byproduct guards against any type of letdown.”

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Practically before the Bruins could say letdown, Tennessee had rolled off eight consecutive points to surge into a 32-25 halftime lead.

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Season two of Squid Game has received reviews as mixed as a Christmas selection box, with TV critics calling it everything from "sensational" to "a letdown".

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