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make no bones about it

VERB
talk turkey
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"Let's make no bones about it, before Covid our workforce was fragile in regards to our vacancies and our ability to recruit and retain in the north east", Prof Hiscox said.

From BBC • Jul. 21, 2021

They are unabashedly putting everything your mouth loves into one hot lump — and they make no bones about it.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2017

I have never had any maternal instincts and make no bones about it.

From Slate • Feb. 22, 2016

But make no bones about it, so far this has been a bizarre American century.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2015

Then I knew it was Jimmy, for Jimmy always used to say 'don't make no bones about it.'

From Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war by Lind-af-Hageby, L. (Lizzy)




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