put/lay your cards on the table
Definition
› to be honest about your feelings and intentions: I thought it was time I laid my cards on the table, so I told him that I had no intention of marrying him.Honesty, openness and sincerity
(Definition of put/lay your cards on the table from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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put/get sb's back up idiom
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put/get the wind up sb idiom
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put/lay sth on the line idiom
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put/lay sth on/to one side idiom
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put/leave sb in the shade idiom
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put/leave sth on/to one side idiom
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put/place your faith in sth/sb idiom
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put/set pencil to paper idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- (as) man to man idiom
- above board idiom
- artless adjective
- be on the level idiom
- candid adjective
- honestly adverb
- honourable adjective
- in all honesty/seriousness/truthfulness idiom
- in good faith idiom
- integrity noun (HONESTY)
- joking apart/aside idiom
- sincere adjective
- sincerely adverb
- sincerity noun
- spotless adjective (GOOD)
- squeaky-clean adjective
- straight arrow idiom
- transparency noun (OPEN)
- transparent adjective (WITHOUT SECRETS)
- upright adjective (MORAL)
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