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comes clean

comes clean is the third-person singular simple present indicative of come clean.

Meaning of come clean

Verb

come clean (third-person singular simple present comes clean, present participle coming clean, simple past came clean, past participle come clean)

  1. (idiomatic) To confess; admit the truth.
    • "You better come clean, Swan, and tell the whole thing. What was it? Don't talk in circles."1921, B. M. Bower, chapter 6, in Sawtooth Ranch
    Synonyms:
    fess up, own up

Questions about comes clean

What is comes clean the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Comes clean is the third-person singular simple present indicative of come clean.

Words near comes clean in the dictionary

  1. comes back to haunt
  2. comes before
  3. comes between
  4. comes by
  5. comes calling
  6. comes clean
  7. comes down
  8. comes down cats and dogs
  9. comes down in stair rods
  10. comes down on
  11. comes down to

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