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let out in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  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
    "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case"
    unwrap  disclose  let on  bring out  reveal  discover  expose  divulge  break  give away  let out 
  2. bring out of a specific state
    bring out  let out 
  3. express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
    "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"
    utter  emit  let out  let loose 
  4. make (clothes) larger
    "Let out that dress--I gained a lot of weight"
    let out  widen 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University


let out in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (verb) To release.
  2. (verb) To allow to operate at higher speed by adjusting controls.
  3. (verb) (context/clothing) To enlarge by adjusting one or more seams.
  4. (verb) (informal) Of sound, to emit.
  5. (verb) To disclose.
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