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truth be told
idiom(alsoif truth be/is told, if the truth be/is told)
used when you are giving your honest opinion or admitting something:
Truth be told, I'm still not completely sure what happened.
It brought excitement to the village which, truth be told, needed it.
Most of the time, if truth be told, we get it wrong.
If the truth be told, all languages have their crazy aspects.
If the truth is told, England let themselves down in the last game.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Admitting & confessing
acknowledge something as something
acknowledgedly
acknowledgment
admission of guilt
admittedly
avowedly
breastbeating
clean
climb down
come cleanidiom
concede
confess
hand
retraction
self-admittedly
self-confessedly
self-confession
stand
swallow your wordsidiom
take something back
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Honesty, openness & sincerity
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