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单词 own up
释义

own up

Admit to having done something wrong or embarrassing: he owns up to few mistakes...
  • That was to his credit, as many people did the opposite and people should be encouraged to own up for their wrong doings.
  • Both, understandably, want to talk about where they go from here, but they have to own up to what went wrong.
  • He figured out what was wrong and owned up to his mistake.

Synonyms

confess (to), admit to, admit guilt, plead guilty, accept blame/responsibility, acknowledge (that), tell the truth (about), make a clean breast of it, tell all
informal come clean (about), spill the beans, get something off one's chest
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