fessed up
Example Sentences
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“If we’ve changed our core values,” he said, “we haven’t fessed up to that.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
A New Jersey gubernatorial candidate fessed up to editing his Spotify Wrapped to exaggerate his fandom for Garden State legend Bruce Springsteen.
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2024
As I wrote at the time, Thai Union “promptly bailed out of the merger and fessed up to the Justice Department in return for amnesty from prosecution.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2024
So that is a long-winded way of saying that, were Mike living when Jimmy went to jail and fessed up to everything — I wonder, would Mike have been surprised?
From New York Times ● Aug. 16, 2022
He fessed up when 'Horace' got at him.
From Left End Edwards by C. M. (Charles Mark) Relyea
