| 释义 |
fess up
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | fess up - admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error; "the writer of the anonymous letter owned up after they identified his handwriting"make a clean breast of, own upconcede, confess, profess - admit (to a wrongdoing); "She confessed that she had taken the money" |
fess upverbSlang. To recognize, often reluctantly, the reality or truth of:acknowledge, admit, avow, concede, confess, grant, own (up).Chiefly Regional: allow.fess up
fess upslang To tell the truth about something. "Fess" here is a shortening of "confess." Come on, fess up—you took the money that was on the counter, didn't you? Can you believe that guy fessed up to all three robberies?See also: upfess up (to something)to confess to having done something. (Short form of confess.) I tried to get the boy to fess up to doing it, but he wouldn't do it. Come on, fess up.See also: upfess upv. Slang To admit to something; confess something: The treasurer fessed up when confronted with the evidence of fraud. The gangster fessed up to the crime.See also: upfess up
Synonyms for fess upverb to recognize, often reluctantly, the reality or truth ofSynonyms- acknowledge
- admit
- avow
- concede
- confess
- grant
- own
- allow
Synonyms for fess upverb admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or errorSynonyms- make a clean breast of
- own up
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