Make A Clean Breast Of (Verb)
Meaning
Admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error; "the writer of the anonymous letter owned up after they identified his handwriting".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- He decided to make a clean breast of it and confessed to his part in the company's financial scandal.
- After being caught, she made a clean breast of her involvement in the shoplifting incident.
- The politician chose to make a clean breast of the issue and published a formal apology to the public.
- It took a lot of courage for him to make a clean breast of his past mistakes to his children.
- Eventually, he made a clean breast of the whole affair and cooperated fully with the investigation.