let out

verb

1. express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); “She let out a big heavy sigh”; “He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand”

   Synonyms

   • utter, emit, let loose

   More specific

   • call, gibber, crow, crow, trumpet, coo, shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall (more) , miaou, miaow, tsk, tut, tut-tut, repeat, echo, call, shoot, gurgle, cry, 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, hoot, honk, cronk, hiss, siss, sizz, sibilate, sibilate, hee-haw, bray, squeal, oink, cluck, click, clack, moo, low, cackle, gobble, neigh, nicker, whicker, whinny, gargle, caw, mew, haw, hem, croak, cronk, sing, smack, give

2. make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; “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”

   Synonyms

   • unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away

   Less specific

   • tell

   More specific

   • blackwash, muckrake, blow, out, come out of the closet, out, come out, spring, betray, bewray, confide, leak, spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk (more) , tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out, reveal

3. bring out of a specific state

   Synonyms

   • bring out

   Less specific

   • let go of, let go, release, relinquish

4. make (clothes) larger; “Let out that dress–I gained a lot of weight”

   Synonyms

   • widen

   Antonym

   • take in

   Less specific

   • change, alter, vary