make a clean breast of, v.
admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error
<verb.communication>
fess up make a clean breast of own up
<verb.communication>
fess up make a clean breast of own up
sample sentences
"the writer of the anonymous letter owned up after they identified his handwriting"verb frames
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