come clean

phrase

: to tell the whole story : confess

came clean about the crimes

Examples of come clean in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After dancing around the unveiling for several days, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell came clean too tonight. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 26 Oct. 2026

Plante, a close friend of Brooke’s, came clean about her affair with the wrestler born Terry Bollea in 2008. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2026

Someone could finally come clean, or explain themselves more thoroughly than usual. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2026

That’s when Perego came clean and showed her a video of him asking her late father. — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 27 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1918, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for come clean

• acridine
• acrolein
• adenine
• alkylene
• aniline
• anthracene
• aquiline
• asphaltene
• atlantean
• atrazine
• butadiene
• butylene