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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Let on

Hi

"She's smarter than she lets on."

When I looked up 'let on', I thought 'admit' was closer to it, but I wasn't sure. A native speaker friend says that means "She is smart and people don't notice how smart she is.” I still don't understand why 'let on' can be so. Could you explain about this, please?
  

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org/wiki/let_on) ). In your case, I would say that "reveal" is the closest. She is smart, but she doesn't like to make this obvious to people.

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  • org/wiki/let_on) ).
  • In your case, I would say that "reveal" is the closest.
  • She is smart, but she doesn't like to make this obvious to people.
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let on: to reveal, disclose, or divulge (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/let_on)).

In your case, I would say that "reveal" is the closest. She is smart, but she doesn't like to make this obvious to people.

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