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Discover LudwigThe phrase "fessing up to" is correct and commonly used in written English
It is often used to describe admitting or confessing to something, especially something that may be embarrassing or difficult to admit. Example: After weeks of lying, Tom finally decided to fess up to his boss about his mistake.
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Well, no one is fessing up to that.
A few weeks ago, John Prescott was fessing up to never really hugging his sons.
Never mind that people around me were fessing up to crushes and slow dancing and kissing.
For, behold, fessing up to a spot of unreasonableness allowed Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone a positively boy-racer divorce.
Yes, she sets the parameters, although I think she's always been a little embarrassed fessing up to that controlling role.
Now he was fessing up to clear the air of controversy in advance of hiring on as a hitting coach for his old team.
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Xan Brooks fesses up to loving Tangled.
They don't fess up to it".
And he fessed up to an extramarital affair in 2009.
One friend fessed up to having bought flashlights.
The search firm has fessed up to doing this though it says its intent was benign.
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