let on

Found in thesaurus: tell

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let on

let on
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" [syn: disclose, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, declare, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out]