come clean的意思是全盘招供;和盘托出。
I thought it was time to come clean about what Id been doing.
我觉得到时候了,该(向大伙)说了解我一直在干些什么。
和clean有关的一个搭配还有make a clean breast1 of it,也是全盘招供的意思。
Julia finally made a clean breast of it and admitted that she had stolen the money.
朱莉娅最后坦白了,承认是她偷了钱。