come clean
Example Sentences
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The Sunday Express highlights "rural campaigners' fears" with the headline: "PM must come clean on homes for green belt."
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
In this case and others like it, however, the government’s lawyers were under the gun of court orders to come clean.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
I also had to come clean with mom on what I did.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
"It is time to come clean," Guterres said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
A second CO didn’t come clean soon enough, though.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
