let down easy

Idioms  

1. see under let someone down.

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let down easy

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 Dornford Yates

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 Talbot Baines Reed

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

From Jess by Henry Rider Haggard

After a little time Jack let down easy on the man, thinking he might be of some service some day, and later the visitor departed, carrying his mortification and defeat in his memory.

From Two Wonderful Detectives Jack and Gil's Marvelous Skill by Harlan Page Halsey

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

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

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Related Words

• disconcert
• mortify

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