honest with (someone)

idiom

: telling (someone) the truth

I don't think these people are being honest with me.

Examples of honest with (someone) in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Instead of being honest with customers, Bankman-Fried and others at FTX publicly pretended there was a liquidity problem while internally acknowledging that the real problem was misappropriating customer funds. —

Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 8 Aug. 2024 Americans would do well to remember that even if their politicians regularly lie to them, there’s no reason to suspect that a random Twitter account is any more honest with you. —

Adam Guillette, Orlando Sentinel, 28 July 2024 Just seeing everybody, to be honest with you, whoever shows up to the reunion. —

Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024 Be honest with yourself, and implement changes that will encourage you to take better care of yourself. —

Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 21 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for honest with (someone)

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