own up
— phrasal verb with own /əʊn/
/oʊn/ verb Definition
C2 to admit that you have done something wrong: No one has owned up to stealing the money.Admitting and confessing
(Definition of own up from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
© Cambridge University Press)
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Synonyms and related words:
- acknowledgment noun
- admittedly adverb
- avow verb
- back down phrasal verb
- climb down phrasal verb
- climbdown noun
- come clean idiom
- concession noun (SOMETHING ALLOWED)
- concessionary adjective
- confession noun
- deny verb (NOT TRUE)
- eat humble pie idiom
- eat your words idiom
- hold/put your hands up idiom
- I stand corrected idiom
- make a clean breast of it idiom
- own verb (ADMIT)
- retract verb
- self-confessed adjective
- take sth back phrasal verb (STATEMENT)
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