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Meanings of fess up in English

Portuguese
confessar

Admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error.

confessar
Synonyms
Examples for "make a clean breast of"
Examples for "make a clean breast of"
1
In fact, he simply could not make a clean breast of it.
At the Foot of the Rainbow
2
She would make a clean breast of it on the first opportunity.
M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur."
3
You might as well make a clean breast of the whole matter.
Boy Scouts in Southern Waters; Or, Spaniard's Treasure Chest
4
But first of all you shall make a clean breast of it.
In Direst Peril
5
I will make a clean breast of it all-beforeI go mad.
Edward Barry / South Sea Pearler
1
Can I own up to thinking that it isn't actually very good?
Radio NZ
2
If this is the problem why won't Disney own up to it.
The Irish Times
3
Perhaps it'll be best if you own up to your mistakes straightaway.
The South African
4
Would they even own up to saying that in the first place?
The Guardian
5
And they had troubles of their own up at the station house.
Jack Reacher 01 - Killing Floor
Usage of fess up in English
1
You gotta ' fess up and let the chips fall where they may.
Ebony
2
They'll be much angrier if you fess up at the last minute.
Ebony
3
I have been a beastly cad and I'm ready to fess up.
Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman
4
There's nothing to do but go and ' fess up to Mrs. Kirby.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906
5
So tell me son, what do you need to ' fess up this morning?
Made of honor
6
If she wanted to keep her job, she'd fess up and pay up.
Beauty and the feast
7
BHP is hardly the only company to fess up to overpaying for shale.
Reuters
8
If it's a practical joke, Jim, why don't you fess up?
When a Man Marries
9
Trouble comes, you know he ain't goin' to fess up.
Frontier courtship
10
Why ' fess up to the real costs when you can blame Ticketmaster for everything?
The Irish Times
11
No one likes to fess up to being at fault.
News.com.au
12
If you mess up, it's your responsibility to fess up.
BBC
13
As soon as I get back to town I am going to ' fess up.
Molly Brown's Orchard Home
14
But you'll have to fess up when he gets back.
Full dark, no stars
15
That's the good part of a ' fess up party.
Day by day
16
But first you must fess up to the problem.
Reuters
This collocation consists of:
Translations for fess up
Portuguese
confessar
Fess up through the time
Fess up across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common