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Antonyms for make clean breast of


Grammar : Verb
Spell : brest
Phonetic Transcription : brɛst



Definition of make clean breast of

Origin :
  • Old English breost "breast, bosom; mind, thought, disposition," from Proto-Germanic *breustam "breast" (cf. Old Saxon briost, Old Frisian briast, Old Norse brjost, Dutch borst, German brust, Gothic brusts), perhaps literally "swelling" and from PIE root *bhreus- "to swell, sprout" (cf. Middle Irish bruasach "having a broad, strong chest," Old Irish bruinne "breast"). The spelling conforms to the Scottish and northern England dialectal pronunciation. Figurative sense of "seat of the emotions" was in Old English.
  • As in own : verb acknowledge, admit
  • As in confess : verb admit, confirm

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