| English verb: make a clean breast of | |||
| 1. | make a clean breast of (communication) admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error | ||
| Samples | The writer of the anonymous letter owned up after they identified his handwriting. | ||
| Synonyms | fess up, own up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | concede, confess, profess | ||