What does own up mean?
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own up
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word own up.
Princeton's WordNet
make a clean breast of, own up, fess upverb
admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error
"the writer of the anonymous letter owned up after they identified his handwriting"
Wiktionary
own upverb
to acknowledge, confess, or admit guilt. Often used with to.
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own up
Own up refers to the act of admitting or taking responsibility for one's actions or mistakes. It typically involves an acknowledgment of truth or accepting blame or liability for something that has occurred.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of own up in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of own up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of own up in a Sentence
And Iguarantee you, people will find ways to defend them by attacking me, but they wont own up to the obvious. But thats politics.
I didn't graduate from any institution of higher learning, i'm embarrassed and sorry for having embellished my resume. I own up to that … We do stupid things in life.
I’m embarrassed, and sorry for having embellished my resume, i own up to that…We do stupid things in life.
We must sometimes take blame, women, we have to own up to the fact that women, since time immemorial, have gone out of their way to make themselves attractive.
I'm gon na own up, i did parade, demonstrate and picket( inside the Capitol). I can't deny that. You have it on video. I'm not gon na contest it.
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- κατέχουν μέχριGreek
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