How to Use let (someone) in on (something) in a Sentence

let (someone) in on (something)

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• Now the rest of the country is being let in on the secret.
  — Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune, 1 Apr. 2021
• Outside of the folks who needed to know, who was (and wasn’t) let in on the joke?
  — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Apr. 2022
• But that leaves many PC gamers wondering when they'll be let in on the fun.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 13 Sep. 2022
• If that were ever true equity traders were never let in on the scheme.
  — The Economist, 11 July 2020
• My four-year-old son was shocked and thrilled — like he was let in on a secret — when David beheaded Goliath.
  — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 23 Dec. 2020
• But, if she’s let in on what happened and allowed to laugh about it with you, hey, she’s gone from an almost friend to an actual friend!
  — Lizzy Acker, oregonlive, 26 Apr. 2023
• But e was also let in on the formula of the rain-inducing chemicals.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2022
• Judging by the lines — and the repeat customers — spring training fans are being let in on a secret that folks with the Diamondbacks have known for a few years.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 20 Mar. 2023
• The 41-year-old shares that The Real co-hosts were let in on the decision and participated in the interviewing process.
  — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 20 Sep. 2020
• Others believe they are being let in on a savvy investment.
  — Bart Ziegler, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022
• Tickets do not guarantee entry — people are let in on a first-come, first-serve basis.
  — Kaila White, The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2020
• But before everyone was let in on the great news, Mina told Steve in an unexpected way, which involved bacon.
  — Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 1 Mar. 2021
• The movie adds an extended coda, new since Broadway: Now, Evan atones for his actions, and everyone’s let in on the deception, not just an inner circle of the betrayed.
  — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 22 Sep. 2021
• There’s nothing better than being let in on a secret sale, especially one that both results in deals on Simon Miller platforms and a Staud bucket bag and gives back to a good cause.
  — Eliza Huber, refinery29.com, 11 Aug. 2020
• Reading Leda’s thoughts, to Gyllenhaal, felt almost like being let in on a secret: A woman could in fact be neither a good mother nor a bad mother, but something in between.
  — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 5 Jan. 2022
• Particularly effective are the ways in which certain moments are informatively, revealingly replayed once we’re let in on the extent of Tom and Patrick’s clandestine romance.
  — Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2022
• Inspecting the talismanic construction—which is just twenty-two inches tall—is like being let in on a secret, discovering little hideaways and spying alchemical vials of soil.
  — Andrea K. Scott, The New Yorker, 3 July 2021

Last Updated: 4 Dec 2024