Meaning of LET ON
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| Definition: | | [v] make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her" |
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| Synonyms: | | break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, impart, let out, reveal |
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| See Also: | | babble, babble out, betray, bewray, blab, blab out, blackwash, blow, come out, come out of the closet, confide, get around, get out, leak, muckrake, out, peach, sing, spring, talk, tattle, tell | |
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| Related Terms: | | acknowledge, act, act a part, admit, admit everything, affect, allow, assume, avow, betray, bluff, come clean, concede, confess, cop a plea, counterfeit, cover up, disclose, dissemble, dissimulate, divulge, fake, feign, four-flush, gammon, give away, grant, let on like, let out, make a pretense, make as if, make believe, make like, open up, out with it, own, own up, play, play a part, play possum, playact, plead guilty, pretend, profess, put on, sham, simulate, spill, spill it, spit it out, tell, tell all, tell the truth, uncover |
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