let out

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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 (Freq. 2)
- 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
• Syn:
unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal,
discover, expose, divulge, break, give away
• Derivationally related forms:
giveaway (for: give away), divulgement (for: divulge), divulgence (for: divulge), exposure (for: expose), expose (for: expose), discovery (for: discover), revelation (for: reveal), revealing (for: reveal), disclosure (for: disclose)
• Hypernyms:
tell
• Hyponyms:
blackwash, muckrake, blow, out, come out of the closet,
come out, spring, betray, bewray, confide, leak,
spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach,
babble, sing, babble out, blab out, reveal
• Verb Group:
break, get out, get around
• Cause:
break, get out, get around
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
2. express audibly;
utter sounds (not necessarily words) (Freq. 2)
- She let out a big heavy sigh
- He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand
• Syn:
utter, emit, let loose
• Derivationally related forms:
utterable (for: utter), utterer (for: utter), utterance (for: utter)
• Hyponyms:
call, gibber, crow, trumpet, coo,
shout, shout out, cry, yell, scream, holler,
hollo, squall, miaou, miaow, tsk, tut,
tut-tut, repeat, echo, shoot, gurgle, nasale,
bite out, sigh, troat, lift, pant, volley,
break into, heave, chorus, sputter, splutter, deliver,
hoot, grunt, wolf-whistle, snort, spit, spit out,
groan, moan, grumble, growl, rumble, howl,
wrawl, yammer, yowl, bark, bleat, blate,
blat, baa, bellow, roar, peep, cheep,
chirp, chirrup, churr, whirr, chirr, meow,
mew, quack, honk, cronk, hiss, siss,
sizz, sibilate, hee-haw, bray, squeal, oink,
cluck, click, clack, moo, low, cackle,
gobble, neigh, nicker, whicker, whinny, gargle,
gargle, haw, hem, croak, sing,
smack, give
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. bring out of a specific state
• Syn:
bring out
• Hypernyms:
let go of, let go, release, relinquish
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- Somebody ----s something PP
4. make (clothes) larger
- Let out that dress--I gained a lot of weight
• Syn:
widen
• Ant:
take in
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, vary
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something