own up

/oʊn əp/
/əʊn əp/
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Other forms: owned up; owning up; owns up

Definitions of own up
  1. verb
    admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error
    “the writer of the anonymous letter owned up after they identified his handwriting”
    synonyms: fess up, make a clean breast of
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    type of:
    concede, confess, profess
    admit (to a wrongdoing)
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