let someone down easy

let someone down easy by carolhutch61210118

2023.04.27, 4:18 am
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Theme: Breaking Up

Expression: let someone down easy

Meaning: tell someone you want to break up, but in a nice way; tell someone bad news in a nice way

Examples: He very kindly let her down easy during the breakup–he allowed her to tell everyone that she had broken up with him, and he gave her some very nice gifts. The professor didn’t tell the student he had failed in front of everyone in the class; she told him in private in order to let him down easy.

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