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let someone down gently

let someone down gently verb: to reject or refuse someone in a way that avoids causing hurt or disappointment.

Verb

let someone down gently (third-person singular simple present lets someone down gently, present participle letting someone down gently, simple past and past participle let someone down gently)

  1. (idiomatic) To reject or refuse someone in a way that avoids causing hurt or disappointment.

Forms of let someone down gently

third-person singular presentlets someone down gently
present participleletting someone down gently
past participlelet someone down gently
pastlet someone down gently

Questions about let someone down gently

What does let someone down gently mean?
Let someone down gently means to reject or refuse someone in a way that avoids causing hurt or disappointment.
What part of speech is let someone down gently?
Let someone down gently is a verb.
What is the past tense of let someone down gently?
The past tense of let someone down gently is let someone down gently.

Words near let someone down gently in the dictionary

  1. let past
  2. let rip
  3. let sleeping dogs lie
  4. let slide
  5. let slip
  6. let someone down gently
  7. let someone go
  8. let someone have it
  9. let someone hold
  10. let someone loose
  11. let something ride

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