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Sajjad
What's the meaning of fess up? Does it mean confess?
2020년 9월 13일 오후 4:51
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Exactly :) It's very informal
2020년 9월 13일
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“Confess” is formal and has many meanings and uses that “fess up” does not have.
He confessed his guilt.
I confessed my sins.
(Not “fessed up”)
“Fess up” can’t be used with a direct object, and has a general sense of telling the truth in an informal setting where there isn’t a specific charge. It sounds more natural in the imperative.
Father to son: “I know you were in the car when it crashed. What happened? Fess up! “ (Tell the truth, even if it means disclosing your own wrongdoing.)
(It would be very unnatural to use “confess” here.)
2020년 9월 14일
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Yes, exactly.
2020년 9월 14일
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Yes exactly. It means tell the truth
2020년 9월 14일
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Yes it’s the same meaning
2020년 9월 13일
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