let someone down gently in English

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        "To reject or refuse someone in a way that avoids causing hurt or disappointment."
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        "(idiomatic) To reject or refuse someone in a way that avoids causing hurt or disappointment."
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "reject someone in a way that avoids causing hurt",
          "word": "給某人留面子"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gěi mǒurén liú miànzi",
          "sense": "reject someone in a way that avoids causing hurt",
          "word": "给某人留面子"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "reject someone in a way that avoids causing hurt",
          "word": "婉轉地告訴"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wǎnzhuǎn de gàosù",
          "sense": "reject someone in a way that avoids causing hurt",
          "word": "婉转地告诉"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "reject someone in a way that avoids causing hurt",
          "word": "torjua ystävällisesti"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "reject someone in a way that avoids causing hurt",
          "word": "refuser gentiment"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "reject someone in a way that avoids causing hurt",
          "word": "recusar gentilmente"
        }
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}

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      "form": "lets someone down gently",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "past"
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      ],
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "reject someone in a way that avoids causing hurt",
      "word": "給某人留面子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gěi mǒurén liú miànzi",
      "sense": "reject someone in a way that avoids causing hurt",
      "word": "给某人留面子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "reject someone in a way that avoids causing hurt",
      "word": "婉轉地告訴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wǎnzhuǎn de gàosù",
      "sense": "reject someone in a way that avoids causing hurt",
      "word": "婉转地告诉"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "reject someone in a way that avoids causing hurt",
      "word": "torjua ystävällisesti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "reject someone in a way that avoids causing hurt",
      "word": "refuser gentiment"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "reject someone in a way that avoids causing hurt",
      "word": "recusar gentilmente"
    }
  ],
  "word": "let someone down gently"
}

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"let someone down gently" meaning in English

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