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clean breast
Idioms and Phrases
see make a clean breast of .Example Sentences
If a client goes to a lawyer for advice the first thing the lawyer asks him to do is to make a clean breast of it.
Was it not her duty to her child, to her husband, and to herself, to instantly make a clean breast of the whole mystery?
But no, this time I am determined to make a clean breast of the thing—for I see that secrecy and solitude are what it feeds on.
Don't fib; brace up and make a clean breast of it, and if you need advice I am full of it.
But Ive made a clean breast of it to dad, and though he gave me a hard calling down, hes forgiven me.
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