English dictionary
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English verb: own up | |||
| 1. | own up (communication) admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error | ||
| Samples | The writer of the anonymous letter owned up after they identified his handwriting. | ||
| Synonyms | fess up, make a clean breast of | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | concede, confess, profess | ||
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