Discussion
To make clean breast of
Answer: C
To make a clean breast of something means to disclose something openly: to confess fully and frankly, especially something one has been hiding.
For example, He decided to make a clean breast of his mistakes before the committee. The 'breast' is the seat of feelings and secrets, cleared by confession.
It has nothing to do with gaining prominence or praising oneself, and 'to destroy before it blooms' is the meaning of a different idiom, to nip in the bud.
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