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- verb Present participle of
fess .
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Examples
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The major difference between the two sets of cases has largely to do with whether the Administration believes that there is any political advantage in fessing up and then blaming the press.
Balkinization 2006
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I'd toyed with the idea of fessing up about dovegreyreader scribbles (which very few people I worked with knew about) and scrounging a free copy but thought better of it.
Brit Lit Blogs 2009
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I'd toyed with the idea of fessing up about dovegreyreader scribbles (which very few people I worked with knew about) and scrounging a free copy but thought better of it.
Brit Lit Blogs 2009
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Rousseau is not more frank, and not half so worthy of credit, for Rousseau, like Topsy in the novel, had a taste for "'fessing" offences that he had never committed rather than not "'fess" at all.
Lost Leaders Andrew Lang 1878
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This is what you might call a duh moment: Nicole Kidman is finally fessing up to using Botox.
Judy Kurtz: This Week's Shining and Falling Stars: A.J. McLean and Nicole Kidman Judy Kurtz 2011
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This is what you might call a "duh" moment: Nicole Kidman is finally fessing up to using Botox.
Judy Kurtz: This Week's Shining and Falling Stars: A.J. McLean and Nicole Kidman Judy Kurtz 2011
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Instead, I used the opportunity to define my character with honesty -- fessing up to the mistake and embracing the spirit of Hussein's stand for righteousness on the sands of Karbala.
Amin G. Aaser: Ashura: How Reflecting On Hussein's Sacrifice Made Me Honest Amin G. Aaser 2011
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This is what you might call a "duh" moment: Nicole Kidman is finally fessing up to using Botox.
Judy Kurtz: This Week's Shining and Falling Stars: A.J. McLean and Nicole Kidman Judy Kurtz 2011
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This is what you might call a "duh" moment: Nicole Kidman is finally fessing up to using Botox.
Judy Kurtz: This Week's Shining and Falling Stars: A.J. McLean and Nicole Kidman Judy Kurtz 2011
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This is what you might call a "duh" moment: Nicole Kidman is finally fessing up to using Botox.
Judy Kurtz: This Week's Shining and Falling Stars: A.J. McLean and Nicole Kidman Judy Kurtz 2011
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