fess up
fess up verb: to confess to something; to admit something.
Verb
fess up (third-person singular simple present fesses up, present participle fessing up, simple past and past participle fessed up)
- To confess to something; to admit something.
- "‛Fess up," she persisted. "Have you boys been quarreling again?"1918, Rex Ellingwood Beach, chapter 26, in The Winds of Chance
- 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.2008 December 18, Barack Obama, President-elect press conference
- Synonyms:
- own up
fess up meaning in Tamil and Malayalam
fess up in Tamil
- குற்றத்தை ஒப்புக்கொள்
fess up in Malayalam
- കുറ്റം സമ്മതിക്കുക, എന്തെങ്കിലും ചെയ്തതായി സമ്മതിക്കുക
Synonyms of fess up
Forms of fess up
| third-person singular present | fesses up |
|---|---|
| present participle | fessing up |
| past participle | fessed up |
| past | fessed up |
| alternative form | 'fess up |
Origin of fess up
Clipping of confess up.
Words formed from fess up
Questions about fess up
- What does fess up mean?
- Fess up means to confess to something; to admit something.
- What is fess up in Tamil?
- Fess up in Tamil is குற்றத்தை ஒப்புக்கொள். See Fess up meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is fess up?
- Fess up is a verb.
- What is the past tense of fess up?
- The past tense of fess up is fessed up.
Words near fess up in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: fess up (page history and authors); fess up (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fess up (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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