make clean breast

VERB

come clean

Synonyms

WEAK

acknowledge information admit confess confess all explain implicate oneself incriminate oneself own up reveal spill

Antonyms

WEAK

hide hold secret

Example Sentences

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Would it not be best for me to make clean breast of it before them all?

From O'Conors of Castle Conor by Trollope, Anthony