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  • 121make a clean breast of — {v. phr.} To admit (your guilt); tell all about (your wrong doing); confess everything. * /The police caught the hit and run driver and he made a clean breast of his crime./ * /Arthur worried because he cheated on the test, and finally he went to …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 122Clean And Environmentally Safe Advanced Reactor — Disputed Science: CAESAR nuclear reactor Disciplines: Nuclear engineering; Nuclear technology; Nuclear physics Core Tenets: Self sustained fissioning of Uranium 238 can be accomplished via steam moderated neutrons Year Proposed: 1998 Original… …

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  • 123Clean-up crew (aquarium) — The clean up crew[1] is the name used by many aquarists to refer to the shallow sediment dwelling animals, typically the various sediment worms, snails, and crustaceans that live in the deep sand bed of marine aquariums or reef aquariums, and… …

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  • 124make\ a\ clean\ breast\ of — v. phr. To admit (your guilt); tell all about (your wrong doing); confess everything. The police caught the hit and run driver and he made a clean breast of his crime. Arthur worried because he cheated on the test, and finally he went to the… …

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  • 125make a killing — informal Tess made a killing in real estate Syn: make a large profit, make a/one s fortune, make money, rake it in, clean up, cash in, make a pretty penny, make big bucks …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 126make money — Synonyms and related words: capitalize on, cash in on, clean up, clear, coin money, come into money, commercialize, gain by, get rich, gross, grow rich, make a fortune, make a killing, make good, make money by, net, profit, realize, realize on,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 127make a killing — Synonyms and related words: be caught short, be short, bear the palm, belong, break the bank, bucket, bucketshop, capitalize on, capture, carry, carry away, carry it, carry off, carry the day, cash in on, clean up, clear, coin money, come out… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 128clean house — phrasal 1. to clean a house and its furniture 2. to make sweeping reforms or changes (as of personnel) …

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