Usage of "own up" | TermGallery

português

Admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error.

Uso de own up em inglês

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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Translations for own up

português

Own up ao longo do tempo

Own up nas variantes da língua

Reino Unido

Comum

Nova Zelândia

Comum

Irlanda

Comum

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Significados de own up em inglês