be honest/frank
idiom
: to speak in a very direct or truthful way
To be perfectly/quite honest/frank (with you), I didn't like the movie.
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Real news can be honest, hopeful, credible, constructive.
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Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2025
There’s something that some of us want to believe — something weird and wondrous and, to be frank, scary.
—Gary Robbins, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2025
However, be honest about whether your original reasons for investing still hold.
—Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Cannot believe that show is coming back, to be honest.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
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Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2025
There’s something that some of us want to believe — something weird and wondrous and, to be frank, scary.
—Gary Robbins, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2025
However, be honest about whether your original reasons for investing still hold.
—Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Cannot believe that show is coming back, to be honest.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for be honest/frank
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“Be honest/frank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/be%20honest%2Ffrank. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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