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Verb: come clean
Usage: informal
  1. 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], own, cop to [N. Amer, informal], fess [informal]

Derived forms: come clean, coming clean, came clean

Type of: concede, confess, profess

Nearest

come after
come again
come alive
come along
come apart
come around
come away
come back
come before
come by
come clean
come close
come down
come forth
come forward
come hell or high water
come home
come in
come in for
come in handy
come into