let on
informal— phrasal verb with let uk/let/us/let/verb present participle letting, past tense and past participle let
to tell other people about something that you know, especially when it is a secret:
I suspect he knows more than he's letting on.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Revealing secrets & becoming known
- (the) word is/gets out idiom
- bare
- blow/take the lid off sth idiom
- break cover idiom
- cat
- dob sb in
- emerge
- fink
- get around (somewhere)
- give sth away
- King's evidence
- leak
- let the cat out of the bag idiom
- open your heart to someone idiom
- sneak
- spill the beans idiom
- tell on sb
- tongues wagging idiom
- turn
- unmask
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