· move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down the vase from the shelf"
Synonym(s): lower, take_down, get_down, bring_down
· fail to meet the hopes or expectations of; "Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage"
Synonym(s): disappoint
Hypernym(s): thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk