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English
Pronunciation
Verb
own up (third-person singular simple present owns up, present participle owning up, simple past and past participle owned up)
- (intransitive) To acknowledge, confess, or admit guilt or responsibility.
- Synonyms: fess up, come clean
I'll own up: I glued your mouse to its mat.
If you own up to breaking the glass, you'll be forgiven.
Translations
to confess
- Finnish: tunnustaa (fi), myöntää (fi)
- French: confesser (fr), admettre (fr), passer aux aveux (fr)
- Galician: admitir (gl), aceptar (gl), recoñecer (gl), confesar, asumir (gl)
- Greek: παραδέχομαι (el) (paradéchomai)
- Mandarin: 承認犯錯／承认犯错, 承认犯错 (chéngrèn fàncuò), 認罪／认罪 (zh) (rènzuì), 认罪 (zh) (rènzuì)
- Polish: wkładać między bajki impf, włożyć między bajki (pl) pf
- Portuguese: confessar (pt), assumir (pt), confessar que (pt), admitir (pt)
- Romanian: mărturisi (ro)
- Russian: признавать (ru) impf (priznavatʹ), принимать (ru) impf (prinimatʹ)
- Spanish: confesar (es)
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