come clean

Definition

To confess; admit the truth.

Example Sentences

• ""You better come clean, Swan, and tell the whole thing. What was it? Don't talk in circles.""
• "Perhaps it is only fair to come clean at the start and confess that I found J.R.R. Tolkien's Unfinished Tales a disappointment."
• "When the sub got stuck, the brass kept the fact under wraps for 32 hours before Russia came clean and asked for foreign help."