come clean

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to admit and explain sth that you have kept as a secret

   I just wanna come clean, okay?

In the movies · 13

• And, of course, he came clean then.The Thin Blue Line1988
• I think I'd better come clean with you about this.Monty Python's The Meaning of Life1983
• - Come clean. - Let the girl alone. She's...His Girl Friday1940
• you should come clean.Step Up 3D2010
• I just wanna come clean, okay?Knives Out2019
• Last chance to come clean.Lucky Number Slevin2006
• I got to come clean with you, sweetheart.Sin City2005
• He had to come clean. It was over.Searching2018

Learn it in full scenes

• The Thin Blue Line1988
  • Randall Meets David at the Gas Station
  • Detective Forces Adams to Sign
  • Officer Wood Shot at Traffic Stop
• His Girl Friday1940
  • Hildy Tells Walter She's Remarrying
  • Hildy Quits the Post
  • Walter Meets Bruce Baldwin
• Knives Out2019
  • Police Question the Thrombeys
  • Blanc Introduces Himself to the Family
  • The Family Recounts Party Night

From the same entry

• as clean as a whistle
• a clean bill of health
• a clean break
• a clean sheet
• make a clean breast of
• make a clean sweep
• keep your nose clean
• wipe the slate clean
• clean house
• clean up your act
• clean down
• clean off

More idioms

• a far cry from
• a means to an end
• a shot in the dark
• at the top of your voice
• be an open secret
• be at each other's throats
• be falling apart at the seams
• be frightened out of your wits
• be no laughing matter
• be on your last legs
• be the spitting image of
• blow up in face