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Complete Definition of "fess up"

English

Etymology
aphetic|Aphetic form of confess + up.

Alternative forms
'fess up (with preceding apostrophe)

Verb
en-verb|inf=to fess up|fesses up|fessing up|fessed up

  1. context|intransitive|slang (frequently used in the imperative) To confess to something; to admit something.

#:example: " 'Fess up, Ju-ju" (from the novel Seven Little Australians)
#:variant example: "There's something I want to up and fess, Marmee." (from the American novel Little Women)

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