Verb: come clean
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- Admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error
"the writer of the anonymous letter came clean after they identified his handwriting";
- make a clean breast of, own up, fess up [informal], cop [N. Amer, informal], cop to [N. Amer, informal], own, fess [informal]
Derived forms: comes clean, coming clean, come clean, came clean