LET DOWN EASY

Meaning of LET DOWN EASY in English

refuse or say no to someone in a pleasant way I will talk to her tomorrow and try and let her down easy about her not getting the promotion.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

LET DOWN EASY — {v. phr.} To refuse or say no to (someone) in a pleasant manner; to tell bad news about a refusal …
Slang English vocab
LET DOWN EASY — {v. phr.} To refuse or say no to (someone) in a pleasant manner; to tell bad news about a refusal …
Словарь английских идиом
LET DOWN EASY — v. phr. To refuse or say no to (someone) in a pleasant manner; to tell bad news about a refusal …
American Idioms English vocabulary
LET — I. ˈlet, usu -ed.+V transitive verb ( letted ; letted or let ; letting ; lets ) Etymology: Middle English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EASY
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English doun hill, from Old English dūn; akin to Middle Dutch dūne …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-LET — lə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V noun suffix ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English -let, -lette, from Middle French -elet, from Old French, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LET — let 1 /let/ , v. , let, letting , n. v.t. 1. to allow or permit: to let him escape. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EASY — — easylike , adj. /ee"zee/ , adj., easier, easiest , adv. , n. adj. 1. not hard or difficult; requiring …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOWN — down 1 /down/ , adv. 1. from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LET — I. ˈlet transitive verb ( let·ted ; letted or let ; let·ting ) Etymology: Middle English letten, from Old English …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EASY — I. ˈē-zē adjective ( eas·i·er ; -est ) Etymology: Middle English esy, from Anglo-French eisé, aasié, past participle of eiser, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n adverb Etymology: Middle English doun, from Old English dūne, short for adūne, of dūne, from a- (from of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LET
Webster English vocab
EASY — vt moderate; sparing; frugal. 2. easy ·vt at ease; free from pain, trouble, or constraint. 3. easy ·vt not straitened …
Webster English vocab
DOWN — adj downcast; as, a down look. 2. down ·adv from a remoter or higher antiquity. 3. down ·vt to cover, …
Webster English vocab
LET — [let] vt let.ted ; letted or let ; let.ting [ME letten, fr. OE lettan to delay, hinder; akin to OHG …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EASY — [easy] adj eas.i.er ; -est [ME esy, fr. OF aaisie, pp. of aaisier to ease, fr. a- ad- (fr. L …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LET — let BrE AmE let —The phrase let me has a non-standard casual form ˈlem i , sometimes written lemme ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LET — / let; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( let·ting , let , let ) ALLOW 1. [ no …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EASY
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWN — / daʊn; NAmE / adverb , preposition , verb , adjective , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LET — I. let 1 S1 W1 /let/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle let , present participle letting …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EASY
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOWN — I. down 1 S1 W1 /daʊn/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A LOWER POSITION to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LET — v. & n. --v. (letting; past and past part. let) 1 tr. a allow to, not prevent or forbid (we …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EASY — adj., adv., & int. (easier, easiest) --adj. 1 not difficult; achieved without great effort. 2 a free from pain, discomfort, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LET — v. & n. v. (letting; past and past part. let) 1 tr. a allow to, not prevent or forbid (we …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EASY — adj., adv., & int. (easier, easiest) adj. 1 not difficult; achieved without great effort. 2 a free from pain, discomfort, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LET — 1. v. & n. --v. (letting; past and past part. let) 1. tr. a allow to, not prevent or forbid …
Oxford English vocab
EASY — adj., adv., & int. (easier, easiest) --adj. 1. not difficult; achieved without great effort. 2 a free from pain, discomfort, …
Oxford English vocab
DOWN — 1. adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1. into or towards a lower place, esp. to the …
Oxford English vocab
DOWN — I. PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES /daʊn/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LET — ( lets, letting) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: The form 'let' …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EASY — ( easier, easiest) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If a job …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LET — (~s, ~ting) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: The form '~' is …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
LET — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES give/let out a laugh ▪ She gave a loud laugh. give/let out a shriek …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EASY — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bit better/older/easier etc ▪ I feel a bit better now. a simple/easy matter …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOWN — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird swoops down (= it suddenly flies down ) ▪ The bird swoops …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LET — (SUGGEST) [verb] [T + object + infinitive without to; not in past tenses] letting, past let - used to express …
Cambridge English vocab
EASY — (NOT DIFFICULT) [adjective], [adverb] - not difficult; not needing much effortShe looked through the exam paper trying to find an …
Cambridge English vocab
LET — Synonyms and related words : OK, accord, accredit, admit, allow, approve, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, assume, authorize, bareboat charter, be afraid, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOWN
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
EASY — See: FREE AND EASY, GET OFF EASY, ON EASY STREET, TAKE IT EASY or GO EASY or TAKE THINGS EASY.
Slang English vocab
LET — n. let down let off let on let out let up
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
EASY — adj. Function: adjective 1 causing or involving little or no difficulty FF1C; an easy solution FF1E; Synonyms: effortless, facile, light, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
DOWN — n. back down bear down beat down bog down boil down bowl down break down bring down broken down buckle …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
EASY — adjective 1. causing or involving little or no difficulty an easy solution Synonyms: effortless, facile, light, royal, simple, smooth, untroublesome …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
LET — See ↑ LEND 2, ↑ LET/ALLOW 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ allow sb to do sth/let sb do sth • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
EASY — See ↑ EASY 1,3 ◆◆◆ • ↑ go easy on • ↑ I'm easy • ↑ it is easy to …
Longman Activator English vocab
EASY — INDEX: 1. easy to do, use, or understand 2. to be very easy to do 3. an easy job or …
Longman Activator English vocab
DOWN — INDEX: 1. moving down 2. to go down 3. when the sun goes down 4. to go down under the …
Longman Activator English vocab
LET — n. 25B6; verb let him sleep for now : ALLOW, permit, give permission to, give leave to, authorize, sanction, grant …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
EASY — adj. 25B6; adjective the task was very easy : UNCOMPLICATED, undemanding, unchallenging, effortless, painless, trouble-free, facile, simple, straightforward, elementary, plain …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LET — v. 1 allow (to), permit (to), sanction (to), give permission or leave (to), authorize (to), license (to), suffer (to) Don't …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
EASY — adj. 1 simple, effortless, plain, clear, straightforward, hands down, uncomplicated, elementary, foolproof; easy as pie, easy as can be Feeding …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
EASY — See: FREE AND EASY, GET OFF EASY, ON EASY STREET, TAKE IT EASY or GO EASY or TAKE THINGS EASY.
Словарь английских идиом
LET — verb 1 BAD : You can travel by train or let a car. GOOD : You can travel by train …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
LET — I 1. гл.; прош. вр. и прич. прош. вр. - let 1) выпускать; проливать (слезы, кровь и т. п.) to …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EASY — 1. прил. 1) а) удобный (о вещи, о человеке) It was a green and easy world as she took it. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DOWN
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LET — _I 1. let n 1> сдача внаём to get a let for one's house - сдать дом внаём 2> сдающееся …
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