come clean about something
come clean about (something)
To admit something to someone, often regarding a wrongdoing that one has tried to hide. We have to come clean about what we did before Joe gets punished for our crime! The kids finally came clean about eating the cookies I'd made for the bake sale.
See also: clean, come
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
come clean about something
verbSee come clean with someone about something
See also: clean, come, something
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- come clean about (something)
- come clean with (someone)
- come clean with someone
- come clean, to
- come clean
- blow the whistle (on) (someone), to
- (as) clean as a hound's tooth
- blue code of silence
- blue wall of silence
- silence