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fess up

/fɛs ʌp/

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verb

/fɛs ʌp/B2formal
  • ruФразовый глагол, означающий признаться или сознаться в чём-либо, особенно неохотно или после сокрытия правды.

A phrasal verb meaning to confess or admit something, especially reluctantly or after hiding the truth.

uncountable · intransitive · phrasal, inseparable

  1. Confess or admitinformalamerican

    To admit to something, especially something wrong or embarrassing.

    ruПризнаться

    • He finally fessed up to breaking the window.
    • She fessed up about eating the last cookie.
    • You need to fess up if you made a mistake.

    Synonymsacknowledgeadmitconcedeconfessown up

    Antonymsconcealdenydisavowhidewithhold

Forms
  • fessed up past participle
  • fessed up past simple
  • fessing up present participle
  • fesses up third person singular
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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