in all honesty
idiom
—used to stress that a statement is true
In all honesty, I don't know what you're talking about.
I don't like him, but in all honesty, I don't know why.
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“In all honesty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20all%20honesty. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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