MAKE A CLEAN BREAST OF IT

Meaning of MAKE A CLEAN BREAST OF IT in English

fully confess one's mistakes or wrongdoings.

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Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

MAKE A CLEAN BREAST OF IT — tell all you know about it, admit what you did The man went to the police and made a clean …
English Idioms vocab
MAKE A CLEAN BREAST OF IT — tell all you know about it, admit what you did The man went to the police and made a clean …
English Idioms vocabulary
MAKE A CLEAN BREAST OF IT — чистосердечно сознаться в чем-л.
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
MAKE A CLEAN BREAST OF IT — чистосердечно сознаться в чем-л.
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MAKE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CLEAN
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BREAST
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BREAST — (v. t.) To meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose manfully; as, to breast the storm or waves.
Английский словарь Webster
BREAST — (n.) Anything resembling the human breast, or bosom; the front or forward part of anything; as, a chimney breast; a …
Английский словарь Webster
BREAST — ( v. t. ) To meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose manfully; as, to breast the storm …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BREAST — ( n. ) Anything resembling the human breast, or bosom; the front or forward part of anything; as, a chimney …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MAKE — make 1 — makable , adj. /mayk/ , v. , made, making , n. v.t. 1. to bring into existence …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CLEAN — — cleanness , n. /kleen/ , adj., cleaner, cleanest , adv., cleaner, cleanest , v. adj. 1. free from dirt; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MAKE — I. ˈmāk verb ( made ˈmād ; mak·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English macian; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CLEAN — I. ˈklēn adjective Etymology: Middle English clene, from Old English clǣne; akin to Old High German kleini delicate, dainty Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BREAST — I. ˈbrest noun Etymology: Middle English brest, from Old English brēost; akin to Old High German brust breast, Old Irish …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MAKE — vt to be engaged or concerned in. 2. make ·noun a companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife. …
Webster English vocab
CLEAN — superl free from ceremonial defilement. 2. clean ·superl free from moral defilement; sinless; pure. 3. clean ·superl free from dirt …
Webster English vocab
BREAST — noun the front of a furnace. 2. breast ·noun the face of a coal working. 3. breast ·noun a torus. …
Webster English vocab
MAKE — [make] vb made ; mak.ing [ME, fr. OE macian; akin to OHG mahhon to prepare, make, Gk magenai to be …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CLEAN — [clean] adj [ME clene, fr. OE claene; akin to OHG kleini delicate, dainty] (bef. 12c) 1 a: free from dirt …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BREAST — [breast] n [ME brest, fr. OE breost; akin to OHG brust breast, OIr bru belly, Russ bryukho] (bef. 12c) 1: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MAKE — / meɪk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( made , made / meɪd; NAmE /) CREATE 1. make …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLEAN
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BREAST
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MAKE — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. made) 1 tr. construct; create; form from parts or other substances (made …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CLEAN — adj., adv., v., & n. --adj. 1 (often foll. by of) free from dirt or contaminating matter, unsoiled. 2 clear; …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BREAST — n. & v. --n. 1 a either of two milk-secreting organs on the upper front of a woman's body. b …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MAKE — v. & n. v. (past and past part. made) 1 tr. construct; create; form from parts or other substances (made …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CLEAN — adj., adv., v., & n. adj. 1 (often foll. by of) free from dirt or contaminating matter, unsoiled. 2 clear; …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BREAST — n. & v. n. 1 a either of two milk-secreting organs on the upper front of a woman's body. b …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MAKE — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. made) 1. tr. construct; create; form from parts or other substances (made …
Oxford English vocab
CLEAN — adj., adv., v., & n. --adj. 1. (often foll. by of) free from dirt or contaminating matter, unsoiled. 2 clear; …
Oxford English vocab
BREAST — n. & v. --n. 1. a either of two milk-secreting organs on the upper front of a woman's body. b …
Oxford English vocab
MAKE — I. CARRYING OUT AN ACTION /meɪk/ ( makes, making, made) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLEAN — ( cleaner, cleanest, cleans, cleaning, cleaned) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BREAST
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLEAN
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BREAST
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CLEAN — (NO ROUGH EDGES) [adjective] -er, -est - having no rough edges; smooth; straight; evenWhat he liked about the car was …
Cambridge English vocab
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Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BREAST — noun 1 part of a woman's body ADJECTIVE ▪ ample , big , enormous , full , heavy , large …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CLEAN — INDEX: 1. not dirty 2. completely clean so that diseases cannot spread 3. when you keep things clean to prevent …
Longman Activator English vocab
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CLEAN — n. 25B6; adjective keep the wound clean : WASHED, scrubbed, cleansed, cleaned; spotless, unsoiled, unstained, unsullied, unblemished, immaculate, pristine, dirt-free, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CLEAN — < language > A lazy higher-order purely functional language from the University of Nijmegen . Clean was originally a subset …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
CLEAN — adj. 1 pure, undefiled, unsullied, unmixed, unadulterated, uncontaminated, unpolluted, uninfected, unspoiled or unspoilt, sanitary, disinfected; antiseptic, decontaminated, purified, sterile The …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BREAST
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BREAST — Glandular organ located on the chest. The breast is made up of connective tissue, fat, and breast tissue that contains …
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CLEAN — 1. сущ. уборка, чистка Give it a clean before returning it. ≈ Перед тем, как вернуть, эту вещь следует почистить. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BREAST — 1. сущ. 1) грудь; молочная железа to give the breast, have the breast, put to the breast ≈ дать грудь, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CLEAN — clean.ogg 1. kli:n n 1. разг. чистка, уборка a good clean - основательная уборка she gives the room a clean …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BREAST — breast.ogg 1. brest n 1. 1> грудь breast milk - материнское /грудное/ молоко breast nipple - сосок a child at …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BREAST — 1) горн. забой; поверхность (грудь) забоя; площадь забоя 2) низ ( балки, стропил, перил ) 3) подоконная стенка 4) выступ …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
BREAST — 1) горн. забой; поверхность (грудь) забоя; площадь забоя 2) низ (балки, стропил, перил) 3) подоконная стенка 4) выступ (в кладке) 5) лесн. сердцевидная поверхность …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО

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