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fessed up

fessed up is the simple past and past participle of fess up.

Meaning of fess up

Verb

fess up (third-person singular simple present fesses up, present participle fessing up, simple past and past participle fessed up)

  1. (colloquial, intransitive) 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
    Synonyms:
    own up

Questions about fessed up

What is fessed up the simple past and past participle of?
Fessed up is the simple past and past participle of fess up.

Words near fessed up in the dictionary

  1. fess up
  2. fesse
  3. fesse point
  4. fesse points
  5. fessed
  6. fessed up
  7. fesselin
  8. Fessenden
  9. Fessendens
  10. fesses
  11. fesses up

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