Sentence examples for fess up from inspiring English sources

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doing up

"fess up" is an idiom that is acceptable in written English.
It means to admit something, usually to accept responsibility for something. For example: "If you really want to make things better, you need to fess up and apologize to your friend."

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fess up

verb

To confess to something; to admit something.

synonyms

make a clean breast of

own up

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Come on Nick, fess up!

Independent

All right, fess up, people.

The New York Times - Tech

Fess up, and the problem goes away.

The New Yorker

Time to "fess up", he said.

The Guardian

They don't fess up to it".

The New York Times - Sports

If you mess up, fess up: humans understand human errors.

The Guardian

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It feels so good to fess-up when I'm wrong.

Huffington Post

This may be why the airlines are reluctant to 'fess up right away.

The New York Times - Travel

That's why he has decided to 'fess up now.

BBC

They need to fess up as to what's gone wrong".

BBC

Let me 'fess up.

Huffington Post

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