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let on

verb as in acknowledge, admit

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As “Alien: Earth” skitters toward its season finale, it’s clear that this being intends to do worse than its sheepish gaze lets on.

Each was a genius in his way and they were on friendlier terms than they let on.

But there have been clues that it was more of a problem than he had been letting on.

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BBC Scotland News counted 96 key boxes of the type typically used for holiday lets on, or just off, the Royal Mile earlier this month.

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The two schools also share a lot more in common than they let on.

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