let it be known
idiom
formal
: to tell people (something)
He let it be known that he intends to run for mayor.
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Trump figured this out earlier this month, or let it be known then anyway, as the July 9 deadline loomed.
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Ken Roberts, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
In the intervening days, Trump had dispatched his all-purpose envoy, Steve Witkoff, to Israel, prepared a new round of sanctions on the Palestinian Authority, and let it be known that recognizing Palestine was equivalent to giving Hamas a victory.
—Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 31 July 2025
The Super Bowl commercials weren't much to brag about either, and fans let it be known.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 10 Feb. 2025
In 2022, his family let it be known that he had been diagnosed with aphasia.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 11 June 2025
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Ken Roberts, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
In the intervening days, Trump had dispatched his all-purpose envoy, Steve Witkoff, to Israel, prepared a new round of sanctions on the Palestinian Authority, and let it be known that recognizing Palestine was equivalent to giving Hamas a victory.
—Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 31 July 2025
The Super Bowl commercials weren't much to brag about either, and fans let it be known.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 10 Feb. 2025
In 2022, his family let it be known that he had been diagnosed with aphasia.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 11 June 2025
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“Let it be known.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/let%20it%20be%20known. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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