come clean

English

Verb

come clean (third-person singular simple present comes clean, present participle coming clean, simple past came clean, past participle come clean)

1. (idiomatic) To confess; admit.

   Should I come clean about eating the leftover chicken, or just blame it on the dog?

Synonyms

• own up

Translations

to confess

• French: avouer (fr), se confesser (fr)
• Japanese: 告白する (ja) (こくはくする, kokuhakusuru)

• Lithuanian: prisipažinti (lt)
• Romanian: mărturisi (ro)