fessed up
Admitted the truth
Fessed up is the past tense of fess up, meaning to confess or admit to something, especially reluctantly: He finally fessed up to breaking the window.
The phrase is informal and often implies coming clean after initial denial or evasion.
Fess is a clipped form of confess.
- come cleanAdmit the full truth
- acknowledgedAccepted as true
- avowedOpenly acknowledged as true
- own upAcknowledge one's wrongdoing
- disclosedMade previously hidden known
admit · revealed · confided · laid bare · bare all · remorseful · declared · mea culpa · guilty · ashamed · apologetic · relieved · cleared the air · responsible · sang · embarrassed · conceded · divulge
truthful disclosure vs. concealment/deception
fessed updenied
Refused or disavowed
lied · covered up · concealed · kept quiet · dissembled
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