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Supply the missing word that correctly completes the idiomatic expression in the context provided below.

Answer:Facing relentless cross-examination before the parliamentary tribunal, the former director finally resolved to make a clean 【breast】 of his involvement in the misappropriation of public funds.

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breast
The idiomatic expression 'to make a clean breast of something' means to confess fully and openly about a misdeed or secret. In the given sentence, the director is revealing his full involvement in financial wrongdoing, making 'breast' the only idiomatically correct word.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the context of the sentence to ascertain the required figurative meaning.
The subject is admitting full guilt and revealing secret wrongdoings to an investigative panel.
The phrases 'relentless cross-examination' and 'misappropriation of public funds' indicate a context of confession.
2
Recall the standard fixed English idiom that signifies admitting or confessing one's bad actions completely.
The conventional idiom is 'to make a clean breast of (something)'.
'Breast' is the fixed lexical component required to form this specific idiomatic phrase.

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Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions: Fixed Collocations ('Make a clean breast of')
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