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come clean (about)phrase to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantlyAs evidence piled up she was forced to come clean about her criminal activity. admit, acknowledge, agree, allow, concede, confess, fess (up), grant, own (up to) disburden, unburden, unloadaffirm, avow, confirm, professaccept, recognize, yieldannounce, break, broadcast, communicate, declare, disclose, divulge, impart, proclaim, publish, reveal, spill, tell, unveilbetray, blab, expose, give away, inform, leak, rat, squeal, talk, tattle, tip (off), warn, wise (up)breathe, say, whisper deny disallow, disavow, disclaim, disowncontradict, dispute, gainsay, negate, negativerebut, refute, reject, repudiateconceal, cover (up), hide, obscure, veilkid (oneself) |