come clean
Example Sentences
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Why can’t they just come clean with us?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
I also had to come clean with mom on what I did.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
UN chief Antonio Guterres called Tuesday for faster action on global warming, challenging AI firms to "come clean" about their environmental footprint and warning that fossil fuels were driving climate and energy crises.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
We will come clean with our own views on these races: Whatever, man.
From Slate ● Mar. 21, 2026
“So,” Mom said, “we’re going to ask who took the chocolates. We’re going to look you in the eye and ask you, and you’d better come clean or there’ll be real trouble.”
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
