let down easy

Idioms  

1. see under let someone down.

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Example Sentences

Six months' 'ard, I should say," he replied slowly, "and let down easy at that, gettin' into a private broom wiv yeller wheels an' frightenin' an honest man out of his blooming life.

From The Brother of Daphne by Yates, Dornford

You know I'm not the chap to be let down easy.

From A Millionaire of Yesterday by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

I wanted a chance to think over the horrible thing Maisie Ann had told me; time to cook up some scheme by which the boss could be let down easy.

From The Wreckers by Lynde, Francis

To be let down easy, as if I was barely responsible for my actions, was not conducive to my vanity; and if that was the object they had in view, it was amply attained.

From Tom, Dick and Harry by Reed, Talbot Baines

One of his favourite sayings was that old people should be "let down easy," and he acted up to it.

From Jess by Haggard, Henry Rider

Related Words

• disconcert
• mortify