verb
- Express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words. )
- usage: "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"
- Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret.
- usage: "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"
- Bring out of a specific state.
- synonyms: bring out
- Make (clothes) larger.
- usage: "Let out that dress-I gained a lot of weight"
- synonyms: widen
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