honest with (someone)
idiom
: telling (someone) the truth
I don't think these people are being honest with me.
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The Efficiency Journal is one tool, but any method that keeps you honest with yourself will do.
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Mikhail Saidov, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
That was never even on the table to be quite honest with you.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025
What she’s learned through cancer is this: be honest with your children.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 22 June 2025
But scientists, too, ought to be honest with themselves about why the cruelty of animal experimentation has been so effectively weaponized for anti-science populism.
—Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 18 June 2025
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Mikhail Saidov, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
That was never even on the table to be quite honest with you.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025
What she’s learned through cancer is this: be honest with your children.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 22 June 2025
But scientists, too, ought to be honest with themselves about why the cruelty of animal experimentation has been so effectively weaponized for anti-science populism.
—Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 18 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for honest with (someone)
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“Honest with (someone).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/honest%20with%20%28someone%29. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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