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词汇 own-up
释义

own up


phrasal verb with ownverbuk /əʊn/ us /oʊn/
C2
to admit that you have done something wrong: 承认,坦白(错误)
No one has owned up to stealing the money.没有人承认偷了那笔钱。
Synonyms
admit(ACCEPT)
avowformal
confess
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to say that you are wrong
confessRawlinson finally confessed to the robbery.
own upCome on, own up - who's eaten the last sandwich?
fess upFess up - you wanted to go to the cinema instead, didn't you?
come cleanI decided to come clean about the broken vase.
concedeShe did eventually concede that the instructions were not very clear.
admitHe admitted that he had been wrong.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Admitting & confessing
acknowledge something as something
acknowledgedly
acknowledgment
admission of guilt
admittedly
avowedly
breastbeating
clean
climb down
come cleanidiom
confess
hold/put your hands upidiom
retraction
self-admittedly
self-confessed
self-confessedly
self-confession
stand
swallow your wordsidiom
take something back

own up | American Dictionary


own up


phrasal verb with ownverb[ T ]us/oʊn/
to tell the truth or to admit that you are responsible for something:
A young nurse looked at the two men and waited for one of them to own up.
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