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单词 lets on
释义

let on

verb

let on; letting on; lets on

intransitive verb

1
: to make acknowledgment : admit
knows more than he lets on
2
: to reveal a secret
nobody let on about the surprise party
3
: pretend
let on to being a stranger

Synonyms

  • dissemble
  • dissimulate
  • make out
  • pretend
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Example Sentences

she's not half as innocent as she likes to let on

Word History

First Known Use

1725, in the meaning defined at sense 1

lets on

verb

present tense third-person singular of let on
as in pretends
to take on a false or deceptive appearance she's not half as innocent as she likes to let on

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • pretends
  • puts on an act
  • makes believe
  • dissimulates
  • makes a pretense
  • makes a show
  • puts up a front
  • makes out
  • poses
  • puts on
  • dissembles
  • acts
  • plays
  • masquerades
  • affects
  • simulates
  • feigns
  • assumes
  • impersonates
  • playacts
  • shams
  • professes
  • masks
  • conceals
  • disguises
  • camouflages
  • fakes
  • counterfeits
  • bluffs
  • feints
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