Vocab Bloom Hub

own up

/oʊn ʌp/

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verb

/oʊn ʌp/B2formal
  • ruФразовый глагол, означающий признаться или сознаться в чём-либо, особенно в ошибке или проступке.

A phrasal verb meaning to admit or confess to something, especially a mistake or wrongdoing.

uncountable · intransitive · phrasal, inseparable

  1. Confess or admitinformal

    To admit that you have done something wrong or are responsible for something.

    ruПризнаться

    • He finally owned up to breaking the window.
    • She owned up to her mistake during the meeting.
    • The child owned up to taking the cookie without permission.

    Synonymsacknowledgeadmitconcedeconfessfess up

    Antonymsdenydisavowdisclaim

Forms
  • owned up past participle
  • owned up past simple
  • owning up present participle
  • owns up third person singular

Base verbown

Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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