Meanings
verblet 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)
present singular third person lets someone down gently · participle present letting someone down gently
- idiomaticTo reject or refuse someone in a way that avoids causing hurt or disappointment.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 給某人留面子 /给某人留面子, 婉轉地告訴 /婉转地告诉
- 給某人留面子 /给某人留面子 (gěi mǒurén liú miànzi)reject someone in a way that avoids causing hurt
- 婉轉地告訴 /婉转地告诉 (wǎnzhuǎn de gàosù)reject someone in a way that avoids causing hurt
Finnish torjua ystävällisesti
- torjua ystävällisestireject someone in a way that avoids causing hurt
French refuser gentiment
- refuser gentimentreject someone in a way that avoids causing hurt
Portuguese recusar gentilmente
- recusar gentilmentereject someone in a way that avoids causing hurt
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Chicago
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