To make a clean breast

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	to disclose the secrets which weigh upon one; to make full confession.
	See under Breast.

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breast clean concede confess fess up makable make a clean breast of make a face make believe make bold make do make for make good make hay make it make love make no bones about make off make out			Dear Lucy, I am much worried, and I advise you to make a clean breast of his past behaviour to your mother, Freddy, and Mr. A Room With A View by Forster, E. M. View in context He had no time to lose: Fogg must be detained at Hong Kong, so he resolved to make a clean breast of it. Around The World In Eighty Days by Verne, Jules View in context `Your best way is to make a clean breast of the facts,' I answered. A Study In Scarlet by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context			To look in the face to look on the bright side To look out To loose sails To lose caste To lose ground To lose heart To lose one's bearings To lose one's head To lose one's heart To lose one's life To lose one's mind To lose the bell To lose the fang To lot on To lower the yards a-portoise To luff round To magnify one's self To magnify one's self against To make (a thing) one's business To make a bed To make a book To make a card To make a choice of To make a circuit To make a clean breast To make a dead set To make a face To make a fool of To make a good board To make a lip To make a march To make a move To make a point To make a point of To make a stand To make account To make account of To make an ass of one's self To make an out To make as if To make away To make away with To make book To make both ends meet To make common cause with To make conscience of To make dainty To make ducks and drakes To make fair weather To make fast			To loose sails To lose caste To lose ground To lose heart To lose one's bearings To lose one's head To lose one's heart To lose one's life To lose one's mind To lose the bell To lose the fang To lot on To Love Forever To love ru To lower the yards a-portoise To luff round To magnify one's self To magnify one's self against To make (a thing) one's business To make a bed To make a book To make a card To make a choice of To make a circuit To make a clean breast To make a dead set To make a face To make a fool of To make a good board To make a lip to make a long story short to make a long story short to make a long story short to make a long story short to make a long story short To make a march To make a move To make a point To make a point of To make a stand To make account To make account of To make an ass of one's self To make an out To make as if To make away To make away with To make book To make both ends meet To make common cause with To make conscience of To make dainty To make ducks and drakes

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