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came clean
| Main Entry: |
come clean
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tell the truth |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge information, admit, confess, confess all, explain, implicate oneself, incriminate oneself, make clean breast, own up, reveal, spill |
| Antonyms: | hide, hold, secret |
| Main Entry: | come out with |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disclose information |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, bring out, chime in, come clean, declare, deliver, divulge, lay open, own, own up, say, state, tell, throw out, utter |
| Antonyms: | hide, secret |
| Main Entry: | confess |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | admit, confirm |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, affirm, allow, assert, attest, aver, avow, blow, blurt out, chirp, clue in, come clean, come out, concede, confide, declare, disclose, divulge, dump on, evince, finger*, fink, grant, humble oneself, leak*, let on, level with, make clean breast of, manifest, narrate, open one's heart, own, own up, post, profess, prove, rat on, recognize, relate, reveal, sing*, snitch, sound off, spill the beans, spit out, squeal, tip hand, unload, vent, weasel |
| Antonyms: | conceal, deny, disavow, disown, hide, mask, repudiate, secrete |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | level |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be honest |
| Synonyms: | be above-board, be frank, be on the up and up, be open, be straight, be straightforward, be up-front, come clean, come to terms, keep nothing back, talk straight, tell the truth |
| Antonyms: | deceive, lie |
| Main Entry: | own |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | acknowledge, admit |
| Synonyms: | allow, assent to, avow, come clean, concede, confess, declare, disclose, grant, let on, make clean breast of, own up, recognize, tell the truth |
| Antonyms: | deny, disavow, reject |
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