Browse by letter
Home • C • Come clean

Come clean

To tell the truth, to confess something.

The president of the company was forced to come clean and tell the truth about the problems.

Related Idioms

As clean as a hound’s tooth

Very clean. The classroom was as clean as a hound’s tooth when the students finished cleaning... Read more →

Clean slate

A record that shows no bad behavior or other problems from the past. The man started with a clean... Read more →