Come clean

Meaning

Verb

●

To

;

the truth.

●

1921, B. M. Bower,

6, in Sawtooth Ranch: "You

etter

, Swan, and

the whole

. What was it? Don't

in circles."

1921, B. M. Bower,

6, in Sawtooth Ranch

●

Oct

23

1977,

John

Gardner,

“The

World

Of

Tolkien”,

in

New

York

Times,

retrieved

2013-09-12: Perhaps

it

is

only

fair

to

come

clean

at

the

start

and

confess

that

I

found

J.R.R.

Tolkien's

Unfinished

Tales

a

disappointment.

Oct

23

1977,

John

Gardner,

“The

World

Of

Tolkien”,

in

New

York

Times,

retrieved

2013-09-12

Perhaps it is only

to

at the

and

that I found J.R.R. Tolkien's Unfinished Tales a disappointment.

●

August

8

2005,

“Quotes

of

the

Day”,

in

Time,

retrieved

2013-09-12: When

the

sub

got

stuck,

the

brass

kept

the

fact

under

wraps

for

32

hours

before

Russia

came

clean

and

asked

for

foreign

help.

August

8

2005,

“Quotes

of

the

Day”,

in

Time,

retrieved

2013-09-12

When the

, the

the

for 32

before Russia

and

help.

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