own up
Example Sentences
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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
It asked someone to "own up" for posting a photo of it online, otherwise they would be "tracked down".
From BBC
Whether France can hold their own up front is another thing.
From BBC
What has made it fester is the belief that Japan has never fully owned up to its atrocities in places it occupied – not just China, but also Korea, what was then Malaya, Philippines, Indonesia.
From BBC
A series of myths keep white America from owning up about race, bias and ourselves.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
