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Let Out (Verb)

Meaning¹

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 whistleblower finally let out the true reasons behind the company's decline in profits, although it did come as a huge shock to the public.
Government officials had been working to conceal the issue for months, but an internal memo was leaked that let out the devastating details of the nuclear accident.
A security guard decided to let out a sensitive piece of information to his friend, resulting in a lengthy investigation to determine who was responsible for the breach.
Scientists continued to research in secret, but accidentally let out their groundbreaking discovery about the cure for the rare disease to a local media outlet.
By further review of the video footage, detectives were able to let out to the public new details they had initially withheld during their investigation of the crime scene.