Thesaurus results for LET ON

let on

verb

Definition of let on next

as in to pretend

to take on a false or deceptive appearance she's not half as innocent as she likes to let on

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Recent Examples of let on But as this first trailer lets on, Beetz’s character isn’t one to go down without a fight. —

Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 5 Jan. 2026 In flashbacks, the question of who is at fault in Cooper’s death is much more ambiguous than Aggie lets on in her state of eclipsing grief. —

Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2025 But if any such expansion plans are in the works, Goldman isn’t letting on. —

Josef Adalian, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025 Then a frantic 19-point rally in the closing minutes made the final score feel closer than most of the night’s action let on. —

Manny Navarro, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for let on

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pretend

Verb

Thus ensnared in a fiction of his making, the narrator takes his phone out and pretends to press Record.

— Giles Harvey, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
And in Six Degrees of Separation (1993), Hurt played one of the New York socialites who falls into the web of deceit created by a charismatic young man (Will Smith) pretending to be the son of Sidney Poitier.

— Chris Koseluk, HollywoodReporter, 29 Mar. 2026