pretend; expose a secret
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Let on Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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]
reveal, inform Please don`t let on that you saw me at the movie last night.
show, say, reveal, let others believe
Don't let on that you know me. Our friendship will be a secret.
Don't let on that you know me. Our friendship will be a secret.
Verb
1. 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"
(synonym) disclose, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out
(hypernym) tell
(hyponym) blackwash
(cause) break, get out, get around
(verb-group) break, get out, get around
