own up

Idioms  

1. Confess, make a full admission, as in Come on, Tim, you'd better own up that you lost the car keys. This idiom uses the verb own in the sense of “acknowledge.” [Colloquial; mid-1800s]

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Example Sentences

DexCom has since owned up to its reliability issues, saying they originated with the subcut needle insertion mechanism rather than the sensor itself.

From Barron's

Officials with the city of Sebastopol owned up to the mistake, but said it was too late to reverse course on the Little Caesars project, according to a statement shared on the city website.

From Los Angeles Times

Whether France can hold their own up front is another thing.

From BBC

Booker said Waltz “denied” and “deflected” rather than own up to his mistakes, something the New Jersey senator said is a “failure of leadership.”

From Salon

“And just being able to become a man, you know, owning up to my mistakes and just be able to flush it and keep moving on.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• accept
• affirm
• agree
• allow
• approve
• concede
• confirm
• declare
• disclose
• grant
• indicate
• permit
• recognize
• reveal
• talk
• tell