to be honest

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic,sentence adverb)Frankly,honestly.Synonyms:TBH,tbh(initialisms);if I'm honest,in all honesty,I can't lieI don't mind,to be honest.To be honest, he has a bit of a body odor problem, but we haven't yet had an opportunity to tell him gently and privately.; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seeto,‎be,‎honest.I triedto be honestbut still no one believed me.

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