come clean

/ˌkʌm ˈkliːn/INFORMAL · B2
EN ESPAÑOLEQUIVALENTE CERCANO
sincerarse

Significado

to finally admit the truth about something you kept hidden

Admitir por fin la verdad que se ocultaba.

Ejemplos

  1. 1Leo finally came clean and admitted he had lost his sister's camera.
  2. 2If you broke the window, it's better to come clean now than wait for Dad to find out.
  3. 3After a week of lying, Maria came clean and told her parents she had failed the exam.
  4. 4The company came clean about the data leak only after journalists started asking questions.
  5. 5Why won't Tom come clean about where he was last night?

Gramática

Solo cambia come: comes, coming, came. Lo que se admite va después de about.

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