fess up

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To confess to something

   To confess to something; to admit something.

   • "‛Fess up," she persisted. "Have you boys been quarreling again?"
   • And you know, one of the things that I hope is that the American people will find when we make a mistake, we're willing to 'fess up to it and change.
   • “I spent a lot of time trying to figure out what was happening in the financial industry, and I came to the conclusion that people weren’t fessing up,” he said.

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