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fessfess /fes/ verb VERB TABLEfess |
Present | I, you, we, they | fess | | he, she, it | fesses | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | fessed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have fessed | | he, she, it | has fessed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had fessed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will fess | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have fessed |
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Present | I | am fessing | | he, she, it | is fessing | | you, we, they | are fessing | Past | I, he, she, it | was fessing | | you, we, they | were fessing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been fessing | | he, she, it | has been fessing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been fessing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be fessing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been fessing |
- Just about any lawyer would advise bosses to fess up about a gun-toting supervisor.
to admit that you have done something wrong or illegal► admit to say that you have done something wrong or illegal, especially when someone asks or persuades you to do this: admit (that): · Rachel admitted that she had made a mistake.· Blake finally admitted he had stolen the money.admit (to) doing something: · Richard Maldonado admitted accepting bribes.· He admits to stealing the car.admit it spoken: · Admit it! You lied to me!admit responsibility/liability/negligence (=admit publicly that something is legally your fault): · The hospital refused to admit liability for the deaths of the two young children. ► confess to tell the police or someone in a position of authority that you have done something very bad, especially after they have persuaded you to do this: · After two days of questioning, he finally confessed.confess (that): · She confessed that she had killed her husband.confess to a crime/robbery/murder etc: · McCarthy confessed to the crime shortly after his arrest.confess to doing something: · Edwards eventually confessed to being a spy. ► own up to admit that you have done something wrong, especially something that is not serious. Own up is more informal than admit or confess: · Unless the guilty person owns up, the whole class will be punished.own up to (doing) something: · No one owned up to breaking the window.· I made a few mistakes, but I owned up to them. ► come clean informal to finally tell the truth or admit that you have done something wrong: · The bank eventually came clean and admitted they had made a mistake.come clean about: · It's time the government came clean about its plans to raise income tax. ► fess up especially American, informal to admit that you have done something wrong, but not something that is very serious: · Come on, fess up - you must have been the one who told her because no-one else knew!· If none of you guys fesses up, you're all grounded for a week. fess up American English informal to admit that you have done something wrong, although it is not very serious SYN own up: Come on, fess up! Who ate that last cookie? |