make a clean breast

To confess one's misdeeds or wrongdoings. I felt so guilty about cheating on the test that I had to make a clean breast of it to my teacher.

See also: breast, clean, make

See also:

make a clean breast of
make a clean breast of (something)
make a clean breast of it
make a clean breast of something
make a clean breast of something, to
pay the price
pay the price, to
pay the price/penalty
penalty
pay the penalty

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