let the side down

Idioms  

1. see under let someone down, def. 1.

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Example Sentences

"With the way the boys led us out, we didn't want to let the side down," McIlroy told BBC Sport.

From BBC

Ex-colonel Tim Collins, best known for delivering the Eve-of-Battle speech during the Iraq War in which he called on his officers to "show respect", said Prince Harry had "badly let the side down" and "we don't do notches on the rifle butt".

From BBC

“He has badly let the side down. We don’t do notches on the rifle butt. We never did.”

From Washington Times

He said he regretted staying at the financier's house while he was there, and that he had "let the side down" by doing so.

From BBC

“But we bit the bullet and stayed resolute and just got on with it because we were told we had a duty and we couldn’t let the side down. Now is the time for others to do the same.”

From The Guardian