Confess fully, reveal everything about a wrongdoing or secret. Uses 'clean breast' in the sense of baring one's heart.
Examples:
- Caught shoplifting, the girls decided to make a clean breast of it to their parents.
Origin: First recorded 1752
Confess fully, reveal everything about a wrongdoing or secret. Uses 'clean breast' in the sense of baring one's heart.
Examples:
Origin: First recorded 1752