Question

Choose the correct meaning of the given phrase.

"To make clean breast of"

• A. To gain prominence
  
• B. To praise oneself
• C. To confess without reserve
• D. To destroy before it blooms
• E. None of these

Answer 1

The correct option is C To confess without reserve

'To make a clean breast of it' means to confess to one's mistakes or transgressions, to tell the truth about oneself. Therefore option C is the correct answer.

Options A, B and D are incorrect because these are not the correct meanings of the given phrase.

Option E is incorrect because the correct answer has already been chosen.