Meaning

1 senses

  1. To confess; to admit.

Examples

4 sentences

  1. It's time to fess up.

    ruПришло время сознаться. — odexed

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  2. Until one of you fesses up, you're all grounded.

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  3. James finally fessed up to stealing money from the tip jar.

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  4. Are you ever going to fess up about cheating on your boyfriend?

    deWirst du deinem Freund jemals beichten, dass du ihn betrogen hast? — Tamy

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Origin

Clipping of confess.

Clipping of confess.

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Forms

fesses, fessing, fessed, fessed
Base formfess · to fess
3rd person singularfesses
Present participlefessing
Past simplefessed
Past participlefessed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfess
he, she, itfesses

Past simpleLesson

all personsfessed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave fessed
he, she, ithas fessed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill fess

Word family

1 related words
Derivedfess up

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
fertilizerferventferventlyfervorfestfesterfestivalA1
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