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Definition of 'let on'

verb

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"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" [syn: unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out]

Synonyms of 'let on'

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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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Definition of 'let on'

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