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come clean
come clean
/kʌm kliːn/
verb
[Informal]
Admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error
(
fess up
[Informal]
,
make a clean breast of
,
own up
,
come clean
[Informal]
,
cop to
[Informal, N. American]
)
admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error
The writer of the anonymous letter owned up after they identified his handwriting
the writer of the anonymous letter owned up after they identified his handwriting
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