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fesses up

fesses up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 fesses up

What is fesses up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Fesses up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fess up.

Words near fesses up in the dictionary

  1. fessed up
  2. fesselin
  3. Fessenden
  4. Fessendens
  5. fesses
  6. fesses up
  7. fesseways
  8. fessewise
  9. fessing
  10. fessing up
  11. Fessler

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