Let On (Verb)
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; "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"; "The newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The government finally let on about the secret military operations after months of speculation.
- It took years for the family to let on about the patriarch's dark past and the reason for his estrangement.
- When she finally let on that she had been learning to fly, everyone was shocked and impressed.
- After weeks of media pressure, the company let on about the ongoing investigation into their financial dealings.
- The whistleblower decided to let on about the company's wrongdoings after realizing the harm it had caused to so many people.