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make a clean breast of it

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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.

See also: breast, clean

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Let us go in, and make a clean breast of it on both sides. I Say No by Collins, Wilkie View in context Well, yes--I may as well make a clean breast of it. Turn Of The Screw by James, Henry View in context Let me make a clean breast of it here, and frankly admit that I kept but sorry guard. Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context More results

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