Asked by Dakota

Read these sentences.

Laurel said, "John, it’s time to come clean. We all want to know what really happened to the ice cream that disappeared from the refrigerator."

What is the connotative meaning of the phrase come clean as it is used in this sentence?


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take a shower


tell the truth


walk away

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
"Tell the truth" — here "come clean" means to confess or admit what really happened.