HyperDic: own_up

English > 1 sense of the expression own up:
VERBcommunicationown up, make a clean breast of, fess upadmit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error
English > own up: 1 sense > verb 1, communication
MeaningAdmit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error.
PatternSomebody ----s
Synonymsmake a clean breast of, fess up
Broaderconcede, profess, confessAdmit (to a wrongdoing)
Spanishconfesarse

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