Usage of "own up" | TermGallery

portuguès

Admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error.

Sinònims

Examples for "make a clean breast of"

Examples for "make a clean breast of"

In fact, he simply could not make a clean breast of it. 
 At the Foot of the Rainbow 

She would make a clean breast of it on the first opportunity. 
 M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur." 

You might as well make a clean breast of the whole matter. 
 Boy Scouts in Southern Waters; Or, Spaniard's Treasure Chest 

But first of all you shall make a clean breast of it. 
 In Direst Peril 

I will make a clean breast of it all-beforeI go mad. 
 Edward Barry / South Sea Pearler 

You gotta ' fess up and let the chips fall where they may. 
 Ebony 

They'll be much angrier if you fess up at the last minute. 
 Ebony 

I have been a beastly cad and I'm ready to fess up. 
 Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman 

There's nothing to do but go and ' fess up to Mrs. Kirby. 
 Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 

So tell me son, what do you need to ' fess up this morning? 
 Made of honor 

Ús de own up en anglès

Can I own up to thinking that it isn't actually very good? 
 Radio NZ 

If this is the problem why won't Disney own up to it. 
 The Irish Times 

Perhaps it'll be best if you own up to your mistakes straightaway. 
 The South African 

Would they even own up to saying that in the first place? 
 The Guardian 

And they had troubles of their own up at the station house. 
 Jack Reacher 01 - Killing Floor 

I'll own up to my nature if you own up to yours. 
 Arcanum Unbounded 

It takes a man to own up to what he did, Chris. 
 IT 

I suppose you will own up when Mr. Grant comes home to-night. 
 Work and Win; Or, Noddy Newman on a Cruise 

Just how were you planning to, uh, own up to your misdeeds? 
 Calamity jayne 

Poor Porson, he did not arrange his own up-bringing or his ancestors. 
 Stella Fregelius: A Tale of Three Destinies 

On Thursday she not only failed to own up, but indulged anew. 
 The Getting of Wisdom 

I own up I used to be pretty hot on such larkin'. 
 Driven Back to Eden 

Now, Sylvia, own up that you think Charleston is nicer than Boston. 
 A Yankee Girl at Fort Sumter 

I always own up when I'm beaten, and I never bear ill-will. 
 The Trail of '98: A Northland Romance 

I am sure she has repented marrying, but she won't own up. 
 Facing the World 

And then he had to either drink the poison or own up. 
 The golden compass 

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Verb

Preposició

Translations for own up

portuguès

Own up a través del temps

Own up per variant geogràfica

Regne Unit

Comú

Nova Zelanda

Comú

Irlanda

Comú

Més varia

Significats de own up en anglès