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fess up

/fes/US // fɛs //UK // (fɛs) //

坦诚相告,坦诚相见,坦诚相待,坦承不讳

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Heraldry.

    • : an ordinary in the form of a broad horizontal band across the middle of an escutcheon.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Yele Haiti did fess up to paying you $100,000 for a benefit concert in Monaco.

  • In Britain, Prime Minister David Cameron asks British blokes to fess up about their fantasies—for the good of the children.

  • After initial denials, Quayle was eventually forced to fess up to composing the salacious posts.

  • Yes, McGwire did finally fess up during an interview with Bob Costas in 2010.

  • This makes the third date a natural moment to fess up about any contagious diseases.

  • Ensigned on the top as before all betwixt a decrescent and a star in fess or.

  • That's easy enough to say, McLean; but ten to one you've got some snap picked out for you already, now 'fess up, ain't you?

  • If wed done something perfectly mean and putrid Id say fess up and take the medicine, but we havent.

  • I have seen an imperfect drawing of the arms, Party per fess, a goblet transpierced with a dagger.

  • Of course I thought that maybe Id ought to fess up that I wasnt meor, rather, youand let some one else kick.