Let out
Let out verb - Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret.
Tell
Tell verb - To give an oral or written account of in some detail.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Bit Character: Misha Frot, who appears in order to tell the Guild that the monsters have been let out during Monsterphilia, and then promptly disappears.
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In "Yaobikuni" Rin is locked up in the room with the mermaids to prevent her from spilling the beans, and she's only let out when it's discovered she's so utterly insane that no one would listen to her even if she did tell.
Source: Video Game / Mermaid Swamp -
It isn't that the cop can't understand they want to be let out, it's that he lacks the means to tell them they need to stop pounding on the windows and cover their eyes so he can safely break it and help them out.
Source: Film / The Day After Tomorrow
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