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To own up to something is to admit or confess that you have done something wrong – usually something relatively unimportant.
Examples of use:
1. OK, own up. Who has eaten the last biscuit?
2. Simon owned up to breaking the window with the cricket ball.
3. Would the person who scribbled on the wall own up immediately, please?
| infinitive |
own up |
| present simple |
own up and owns up |
| -ing form |
owning up |
| past simple |
owned up |
| past participle |
owned up |
Can you think of any ways to use the phrasal verb 'own up' in a sentence?
Have you ever done something that you needed to own up to?
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