- come clean
- {v. phr.}, {slang} To tell all; tell the whole story; confess. * /The boy suspected of stealing the watch came clean after long questioning./
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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come clean — If someone comes clean about something, they admit to deceit or wrongdoing … The small dictionary of idiomes
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come clean — ► come clean informal fully confess something. Main Entry: ↑clean … English terms dictionary
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come clean — index betray (disclose) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
come clean — (informal) TELL THE TRUTH, tell all, make a clean breast of it; confess, own up, admit guilt, admit to one s crimes/sins; informal fess up. → clean * * * phrasal slang : to tell the whole story … Useful english dictionary
come clean — to tell the truth about something that you have kept secret come clean about/on/over: It is time that the Opposition came clean about their plans for the self employed. come clean with: It was time to come clean with my mother … English dictionary
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