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Verb: let on
  1. Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
    "She let on about the surprise party";
    - unwrap, disclose, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out, uncover, lay bare

Derived forms: lets on, let on, letting on

Type of: tell