come clean

Idioms and Phrases

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

Example Sentences

She would of course always come clean, after everyone enjoyed an awkward chuckle.

From The Daily Beast

Lucky for us, Oz has a basic understanding of how the law works, forcing him to come clean.

From The Daily Beast

So, time to come clean regarding my methods and the way that I solve cases.

From The Daily Beast

He was harder to convince to come clean, but eventually admitted he was no pirate but an “actor.”

From The Daily Beast

Yes, Romney should come clean, and Democrats should be out there talking up this issue.

From The Daily Beast

There's some vile plot laid against Howard, but if he doesn't come clean out of it with flying colors, call me a simpleton.

From Project Gutenberg

Say, listen, Trencher, you might as well come clean with me.

From Project Gutenberg

He was poor, but with the never-failing well on Garrison Hill he could come clean as the richest to his prayers.

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Would he come clean through the moil, winning honor and his place among men?

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After some bargaining he finally agreed to phone his managingeditor and propose I'd "come clean" for twenty dollars.

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