fess up
phrasal verbwithfessverbuk/fes/us/fes/
informaltoadmitthat you have done something that someoneelsewill not like:
供认;坦白Fess up - it was you whoatethat lastpieceofcake, wasn't it?坦白吧,是你吃了最后一块蛋糕,对不对?
to say that you are wrong
- confessRawlinson finally confessed to the robbery.
- own upCome on, own up - who's eaten the last sandwich?
- fess upFess up - you wanted to go to the cinema instead, didn't you?
- come cleanI decided to come clean about the broken vase.
- concedeShe did eventually concede that the instructions were not very clear.
- admitHe admitted that he had been wrong.
Admitting & confessing
- avow
- avowedly
- breastbeating
- clean
- climb
- climbdown
- come cleanidiom
- concede
- concession
- concessionary
- confession
- cop
- cop tosomething
- deny
- eat humble pieidiom
- face
- hand
- stand
- swallow
- truth be toldidiom