"own up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-own up.ogg Forms: owns up [present, singular, third-person], owning up [participle, present], owned up [participle, past], owned up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} own up (third-person singular simple present owns up, present participle owning up, simple past and past participle owned up)
  1. (intransitive) To acknowledge, confess, or admit guilt or responsibility. [with to] Tags: intransitive Synonyms: fess up, come clean Translations (to confess): tunnustaa (Finnish), myöntää (Finnish), confesser (French), admettre (French), passer aux aveux (French), admitir (Galician), aceptar (Galician), recoñecer (Galician), confesar (Galician), asumir (Galician), παραδέχομαι (paradéchomai) (Greek), 承認犯錯 (Mandarin), 承认犯错 (Mandarin), 承认犯错 (chéngrèn fàncuò) (Mandarin), 認罪 (Mandarin), 认罪 (rènzuì) (Mandarin), wkładać między bajki [imperfective] (Polish), włożyć między bajki [perfective] (Polish), confessar (Portuguese), assumir (Portuguese), confessar que (Portuguese), admitir (Portuguese), mărturisi (Romanian), признавать (priznavatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), принимать (prinimatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), confesar (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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        "To acknowledge, confess, or admit guilt or responsibility."
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        "(intransitive) To acknowledge, confess, or admit guilt or responsibility. [with to]"
      ],
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          "word": "fess up"
        },
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          "word": "come clean"
        }
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to confess",
          "word": "tunnustaa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to confess",
          "word": "myöntää"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to confess",
          "word": "confesser"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to confess",
          "word": "admettre"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to confess",
          "word": "passer aux aveux"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to confess",
          "word": "admitir"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to confess",
          "word": "aceptar"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to confess",
          "word": "recoñecer"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to confess",
          "word": "confesar"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to confess",
          "word": "asumir"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "paradéchomai",
          "sense": "to confess",
          "word": "παραδέχομαι"
        },
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          "lang": "Mandarin",
          "sense": "to confess",
          "word": "承認犯錯"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Mandarin",
          "sense": "to confess",
          "word": "承认犯错"
        },
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          "sense": "to confess",
          "word": "承认犯错"
        },
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          "word": "認罪"
        },
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          "sense": "to confess",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to confess",
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          ],
          "word": "wkładać między bajki"
        },
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          "sense": "to confess",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "włożyć między bajki"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to confess",
          "word": "confessar"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to confess",
          "word": "assumir"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to confess",
          "word": "confessar que"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to confess",
          "word": "admitir"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to confess",
          "word": "mărturisi"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "priznavatʹ",
          "sense": "to confess",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "признавать"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prinimatʹ",
          "sense": "to confess",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "принимать"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to confess",
          "word": "confesar"
        }
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to confess",
      "word": "tunnustaa"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to confess",
      "word": "myöntää"
    },
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      "sense": "to confess",
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    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to confess",
      "word": "admettre"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to confess",
      "word": "passer aux aveux"
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      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to confess",
      "word": "admitir"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to confess",
      "word": "aceptar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to confess",
      "word": "recoñecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to confess",
      "word": "confesar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to confess",
      "word": "asumir"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "paradéchomai",
      "sense": "to confess",
      "word": "παραδέχομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Mandarin",
      "sense": "to confess",
      "word": "承認犯錯"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Mandarin",
      "sense": "to confess",
      "word": "承认犯错"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Mandarin",
      "roman": "chéngrèn fàncuò",
      "sense": "to confess",
      "word": "承认犯错"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Mandarin",
      "sense": "to confess",
      "word": "認罪"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Mandarin",
      "roman": "rènzuì",
      "sense": "to confess",
      "word": "认罪"
    },
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      "lang": "Mandarin",
      "roman": "rènzuì",
      "sense": "to confess",
      "word": "认罪"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to confess",
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      "word": "wkładać między bajki"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to confess",
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        "perfective"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to confess",
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    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to confess",
      "word": "assumir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to confess",
      "word": "confessar que"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to confess",
      "word": "admitir"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to confess",
      "word": "mărturisi"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "priznavatʹ",
      "sense": "to confess",
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        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "признавать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prinimatʹ",
      "sense": "to confess",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "принимать"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to confess",
      "word": "confesar"
    }
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  "word": "own up"
}

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