let on

Questions about let on

What does let on mean?

let on means "make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret".

What is another word for let on?

Close synonyms include unwrap, disclose, bring out, reveal, discover. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is let on a common word?

let on is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.