let on

— Phrasal Verb with let

/let/ verb [T] (present participle letting, past tense and past participle let)

Definition

› to tell someone about something secret: She let on to a friend that she'd lied in court.

(Definition of let on from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

something which threatens to cause problems or unhappiness in the future

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