fesses up
Admits the truth
To fess up is to confess or admit to something, usually a mistake or wrongdoing.
The phrase is informal and often implies reluctant honesty: He finally fessed up to breaking the window.
Fesses up is the third-person singular form: She never fesses up when she's wrong.
- own upAcknowledge one's wrongdoing
- discloseReveal hidden information
- full disclosureWithholding no information
- admitConfess or grant entry
- spill the beansReveal confidential information
come clean · apology · clear the air · responsibility · come forward · tell the truth · acknowledge · guilt · culpability · liability · answerability · confrontation · break silence · relief · let it out · shame · regret · forgiveness
fesses uplies
Deliberate untruths
denies · covers up · conceals · stonewalls · hides
fesses updeflects
Turns something away
passes the buck · scapegoats · dodges · disavows · ducks
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