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let out in WordNet English dictionary
verb- 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
- bring out of a specific state
bring out let out
- 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
- make (clothes) larger
"Let out that dress--I gained a lot of weight"
let out widen
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let out in English Wiktionary
- (verb) To release.
- (verb) To allow to operate at higher speed by adjusting controls.
- (verb) (context/clothing) To enlarge by adjusting one or more seams.
- (verb) (informal) Of sound, to emit.
- (verb) To disclose.
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