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
letting on
verb
as in pretending
to take on a false or deceptive appearance she's not half as innocent as she likes to let on Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- pretending
- making believe
- putting on an act
- making a pretense
- making out
- making a show
- putting up a front
- dissimulating
- putting on
- posing
- dissembling
- acting
- playing
- simulating
- masquerading
- affecting
- feigning
- playacting
- impersonating
- shamming
- assuming
- masking
- concealing
- counterfeiting
- faking
- camouflaging
- professing
- disguising
- feinting
- bluffing