own up
own up · owns up · owned up · owning up
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To acknowledge, confess, or admit guilt or responsibilityTo acknowledge, confess, or admit guilt or responsibility.
» Tom never owns up to his mistakes.
Том ніколи не визнає своїх помилок.
Meaning
1 sensesTo acknowledge, confess, or admit guilt or responsibility.
I'll own up: I glued your mouse to its mat.
If you own up to breaking the glass, you'll be forgiven.
признаватьpriznavatʹ, приниматьprinimatʹ
admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error
Examples
25 sentencesTom never owns up to his mistakes.
Том ніколи не визнає своїх помилок.
Mary never owns up to her mistakes.
Мері ніколи не визнає своїх помилок.
He owned up to his fault.
ruОн признал свою вину.
He owned up to that mistake.
She would never own up to a mistake.
ruОна никогда не признает ошибку.
Translations
5 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
to confess:
Forms
owns up, owning up, owned up, owned upSynonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error:make a clean breast offess up
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb