come clean
Confess everything, as in If you come clean about what happened I will promise to keep it to myself. [Slang; early 1900s]
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Question 1 of 9
Which Word of the Day from this month means, “an irrational dislike; loathing”?
Words nearby come clean
come-at-able, come away, comeback, come between, come by, come clean, COMECON, comedian, comedic, Comédie Française, comedienne
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