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  • verb intransitive, slang (frequently used in the imperative) To confess to something; to admit something.

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  • verb admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error

Etymologies

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Aphetic form of confess + up.

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Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. concede
  2. confess
  3. profess

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  • johnmperry commented on the word fess up

    (v) to acknowledge, admit, concede, confess, own up

    July 17, 2008