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Meaning of fess up | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To confess to something; to admit something.

colloquial, intransitive

Equivalents

Examples

“"‛Fess up," she persisted. "Have you boys been quarreling again?"”
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.”
““I spent a lot of time trying to figure out what was happening in the financial industry, and I came to the conclusion that people weren’t fessing up,” he said.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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