Usage of "let on" | TermGallery

Portuguese

Catalan

Spanish

Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret.

Usage of let on in English

She would never let on that she'd been deeply affected, of course. 
 My deadly valentine 

I believe you know more than you let on concerning the thing. 
 The Great Book of Amber 

I just wanted to talk to you, so I didn't let on. 
 Four to score 

Yet both of us enjoy the game more than we let on. 
 Year's best sf 15 

If he saw his father looking at him, he didn't let on. 
 Hook 

I will tell you but you must not let on you know. 
 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 

I asked about her a coupla times, but he'd never let on. 
 Mortal Allies 

How many others, he wondered, had seen more than they let on? 
 Heir of Fire 

Faye was instantly taken aback, but she didn't want to let on. 
 Family album 

The offer was better than Quinn expected, though he didn't let on. 
 By reason of insanity 

Well, I know a little more than I let on, all right? 
 James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper 

Perhaps Woserit understood more than she let on, because her voice softened. 
 The heretic queen 

She didn't want to let on that she had not been outside. 
 The lovers 

The truth is... that I am more learned than I let on. 
 Speaks the Nightbird 

Thomas wondered about Chuck, whether he knew more than he let on. 
 The Maze Runner 

Jamie had been wounded, probably more badly than he ever let on. 
 A fierce radiance: a novel 

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Translations for let on

Portuguese

Catalan

Spanish

Let on through the time

Let on across language varieties

United States of America

Common

Ireland

Common

United Kingdom

Common

Meanings of let on in English