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English verb: own up

1. own up (communication) admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error


SamplesThe writer of the anonymous letter owned up after they identified his handwriting.


Synonymsfess up, make a clean breast of


Pattern of useSomebody ----s


Broader (hypernym)concede, confess, profess









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