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make a clean breast of

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admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error

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Variants

synonym
fess upown up
pasttense
made a clean breast ofmaked a clean breast of
presentparticiple
making a clean breast of
thirdpersonsingular
makes a clean breast of
pastparticiple
made a clean breast ofmaked a clean breast of

Framework definitions

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admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error

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