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make a clean breast of something (to someone) Fig. to admit something to someone. You should make a clean breast of the matter to someone. You'll feel better if you make a clean breast of the incident. beat your breast to publicly pretend that you feel sad or guilty Managers are beating their breasts about the loss of 50 jobs, but staff suspect more redundancies are on the way. See also: beat make a clean breast of it to tell the truth about something, especially something bad or illegal that you have done, so that you do not have to feel guilty any more After months of lying about the money, I decided to make a clean breast of it and tell the truth. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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After beating breast cancer, Kruezberger immediately started helping the Wellness Community. With new studies confirming that early detection is a key to beating breast cancer, building awareness could save lives. ``A lot of the nurses have tried to talk me out of this, but the way I look at it is this: After beating breast cancer, nothing else can really bother me. |
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