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let on > verb, communication
Meaning	Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Model	They let on that there was a traffic accident
Synonyms	unwrap, disclose, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out
Similar to	break, get out, get around
Cause to	break, get out, get around
Broader	tell
Narrower	blackwash; muckrake; blow; out; come out of the closet, out, come out; spring; betray, bewray; confide; leak; spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out; reveal
Entailed by	sell out