let on

let on  {v.},  {informal}
1. To tell or admit what you know. — Usually used in the negative.
Frank lost a quarter but he didn't let on to his mother.
2. To try to make people believe; pretend.
The old man likes to let on that he is rich.
Categories: informal verb
Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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