| 词汇 | fess up |
| 释义 | Phr V fess up fesses, fessing, fessed fess up American informal to admit that you have done something that someone else will not likeFess up - you ate the last piece of cake, didn't you? fess up ⇨ fess; fess upverb to confess US, 1840fess up AmE informal to admit that you have done something wrong, or to tell people about something wrong you have done: Come on, fess up! Who ate the last cookie?■ SIMILAR TO: own up, admit, confess fess upslang To tell the truth about something. "Fess" here is a shortening of "confess." Come on, fess up—you took the money that was on the counter, didn't you? Can you believe that guy fessed up to all three robberies? fess up (to something)to confess to having done something. (Short form of confess.) I tried to get the boy to fess up to doing it, but he wouldn't do it. Come on, fess up. fess upv. Slang To admit to something; confess something: The treasurer fessed up when confronted with the evidence of fraud. The gangster fessed up to the crime. |
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