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View definitions for fess up

fess up

verb as in acknowledge

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Yele Haiti did fess up to paying you $100,000 for a benefit concert in Monaco.

In Britain, Prime Minister David Cameron asks British blokes to fess up about their fantasies—for the good of the children.

After initial denials, Quayle was eventually forced to fess up to composing the salacious posts.

Yes, McGwire did finally fess up during an interview with Bob Costas in 2010.

This makes the third date a natural moment to fess up about any contagious diseases.

That's easy enough to say, McLean; but ten to one you've got some snap picked out for you already, now 'fess up, ain't you?

If wed done something perfectly mean and putrid Id say fess up and take the medicine, but we havent.

Of course I thought that maybe Id ought to fess up that I wasnt meor, rather, youand let some one else kick.

"I'll go right to the door with you if you'll fess up to Mr. Bullfinch what you did," he offered.

Well, to 'fess up and tell you the truth, I got frightened out of my wits.

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On this page you'll find 13 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to fess up, such as: admit, avow, concede, confess, own, and own up to.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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