come clean
Verb
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Verb
come clean
- (idiomatic) To confess; admit the truth.
- 1977 Oct. 23, John Gardner, "The World Of Tolkien ↗," New York Times (retrieved 12 Sept 2013):
- Perhaps it is only fair to come clean at the start and confess that I found J.R.R. Tolkien's Unfinished Tales a disappointment.
- 2005 August 8, "[https://www.google.ca/search?q=site:www.online-literature.com+%22came+clean%22+-%22network+forums%22&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&gws_rd=cr&ei=KQ4yUsy5LM202AWgr4B4#q=site:www.time.com+%22came+clean%22+-%22network+forums%22&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&start=10 Quotes of the Day]," Time (retrieved 12 Sept 2013):
- When the sub got stuck, the brass kept the fact under wraps for 32 hours before Russia came clean and asked for foreign help.
- 1977 Oct. 23, John Gardner, "The World Of Tolkien ↗," New York Times (retrieved 12 Sept 2013):
- French: avouer, confesser
- Italian: confessare
- Russian: признаться
- Spanish: confesar
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