be honest/frank
idiom
: to speak in a very direct or truthful way
To be perfectly/quite honest/frank (with you), I didn't like the movie.
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Well, Standing Deer, to be honest about it, was a little bit smarter than the rest of the informants.
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Nick Estes, New Yorker, 26 June 2025
While other artists were signing deals that left them broke and bitter (because to be honest, most of those deals back in the day would leave any artist broke and bitter), Master P studied the business side of music like his life depended on it.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 26 June 2025
To be honest, this [earlier] music is still thriving, so there’s no urgency right now.
—Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 24 June 2025
Log in Real news can be honest, hopeful, credible, constructive.
—Ann Scott Tyson, Christian Science Monitor, 19 June 2025
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Nick Estes, New Yorker, 26 June 2025
While other artists were signing deals that left them broke and bitter (because to be honest, most of those deals back in the day would leave any artist broke and bitter), Master P studied the business side of music like his life depended on it.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 26 June 2025
To be honest, this [earlier] music is still thriving, so there’s no urgency right now.
—Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 24 June 2025
Log in Real news can be honest, hopeful, credible, constructive.
—Ann Scott Tyson, Christian Science Monitor, 19 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for be honest/frank
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“Be honest/frank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/be%20honest%2Ffrank. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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