own up
phrasal verbwithownverbuk/əʊn/us/oʊn/
C2
toadmitthat you have done somethingwrong:
承认,坦白(错误)No one hasowneduptostealingthemoney.没有人承认偷了那笔钱。
Synonyms
admit(ACCEPT)
avowformal
confess
to say that you are wrong
- confessRawlinson finally confessed to the robbery.
- own upCome on, own up - who's eaten the last sandwich?
- fess upFess up - you wanted to go to the cinema instead, didn't you?
- come cleanI decided to come clean about the broken vase.
- concedeShe did eventually concede that the instructions were not very clear.
- admitHe admitted that he had been wrong.
Admitting & confessing
- avow
- avowedly
- breastbeating
- clean
- climb
- climb down
- climbdown
- come cleanidiom
- concede
- concession
- concessionary
- confess
- confession
- cop
- cop tosomething
- deny
- eat humble pieidiom
- hand
- stand
- truth be toldidiom