let it be known
Make it official
Let it be known is a formal or emphatic way of announcing something publicly, often used to establish a position or make a declaration: Let it be known that I will not tolerate this behavior.
The phrase has a proclamatory, almost legal tone—echoing royal edicts or official decrees.
In casual speech it often carries ironic grandiosity: Let it be known: I make the best chili in this house.
- informGive facts to
- declareState officially
- announceState something officially
- revealMake something visible
- discloseReveal hidden information
go public · affirm · put on record · circulate · publish · insinuate · notify · broadcast · state · assert · impart · communicate · divulge · acknowledge · publicize · decree · leak · advertise
let it be knownsay nothing
Refrain from speaking
hold one's tongue · keep mum · remain silent · bite one's tongue · stay quiet
letting, itself, know, knows, known, knowing, knowledge, knowledgeable, knowingly