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let on

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let on (to someone) (about someone or something)
to reveal knowledge about someone or something to someone. Please don't let on to anyone about what happened last night. I won't let on to anyone.
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let on something

to pretend something. She let on that she was a college graduate. He looked quite tired, but that wasn't how he let on.
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let on
to allow other people to know about something He wasn't going to let on that there was any crisis in his family.
Usage notes: usually said about something you want to be a secret
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