let on (to someone) (about someone or something)

let on (to someone) (about someone or something)
let on (to someone) (about someone or something)
to reveal knowledge about someone or something to someone. (See also let on (about someone or something).) •

Please don't let on to anyone about what happened last night.

I won't let on to anyone.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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