verb
Meaning 1
To confess; admit the truth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
come clean
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Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 和盤托出 /和盘托出 (hépántuōchū) — to confess
- Chinese Mandarin: 坦白交待 (tǎnbái jiāodài) — to confess
- Czech: přiznat barvu — to confess
- Czech: kápnout božskou — to confess
- Finnish: tunnustaa — to confess
- Finnish: myöntää — to confess
- French: avouer — to confess
- French: se confesser — to confess
- German: reinen Tisch machen — to confess
- Hungarian: mindent beismer/elismer/bevall — to confess
- Hungarian: kirukkol/előrukkol az igazsággal — to confess
- Hungarian: elmondja az igazat / a teljes igazságot — to confess
- Italian: confessare — to confess
- Japanese: 告白する (kokuhaku suru) — to confess
- Lithuanian: prisipažinti — to confess
- Polish: przyznawać się — to confess
- Polish: przyznać się — to confess
- Romanian: mărturisi — to confess
- Russian: признаться (priznatʹsja) — to confess
- Spanish: confesar — to confess