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Definition of own up phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

own up

phrasal verb
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own up (to something/to doing something)
  1. to admit that you are responsible for something bad or wrong synonym confess
    • I'm still waiting for someone to own up to the breakages.
    • Why don’t you just own up and hope she forgives you?
See own up in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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