Fess Up (Verb)
Meaning
Admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error; "the writer of the anonymous letter owned up after they identified his handwriting".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- They refused to fess up about their involvement in the crime until they were faced with undeniable evidence.
- The musician fessed up to lip-syncing during the live performance after a video of the incident went viral online.
- She finally fessed up to her mistake and apologized to her colleagues for causing the delay in the project.
- It took him months to fess up to his family about the financial troubles he had been struggling with.
- The politician fessed up to accepting bribes and was subsequently charged with corruption and abuse of power.