come clean

1. Confess everything, as in If you come clean about what happened I will promise to keep it to myself. [Slang; early 1900s]

Example Sentences

Commenting on the suspension, SNP MP Kirsty Blackman said Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar "must urgently come clean on the reasons why yet another Labour Party MSP has been suspended".

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He urged Sir Keir to "come clean and be transparent" about support he had received from Labour Together.

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Emma is the first from her family to go to university and isn't about to come clean to her proud working class dad about why she's suddenly back.

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Labour has accused Farage of "misleading the public", with party chairwoman Anna Turley previously saying he must "urgently come clean" over whether he financially contributed towards the purchase of the house.

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Jane Warren told the court Patterson's actions should be considered "worst category offending" - pointing out the level of planning required, and that if she had come clean about the mushrooms, when asked by authorities, the lives of her victims could potentially have been saved.

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