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make a clean breast of it

  1. To make a full confession: “The judge will give the convict a lighter sentence if he makes a clean breast of his involvement with the crime.”


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“I do,” Lawson said, adding, “I want to make a clean breast of it.”

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Unfortunately, rather than make a clean breast of it all, new FBI Director Christopher Wray behaves as though the bureau doesn’t need to answer to the American people’s elected representatives in Congress.

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We did our best to assist this process by setting up a video confession booth in a sunny spot and inviting the crowd to make a clean breast of it … Sorry, your browser is unable to play this video.

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We did our best to assist this process by setting up a video confession booth in a sunny spot and inviting the crowd to make a clean breast of it … Sorry, your browser is unable to play this video.

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I did read — to make a clean breast of it — a King piece about Little League baseball that The New Yorker published in the early nineties.

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