Synonyms for own up
own up

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1. own upverb

   Synonyms:
   come clean

2. own upverb

   to acknowledge, confess, or admit guilt. Often used with to.

   Synonyms:
   come clean

Princeton's WordNet

1. 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"

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1. • Confess

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1. George Santos:

   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.

2. The GOP senator:

   The GOP senator needs to own up to, because sooner or later, we need somebody in the United States Senate that will stand up to Communist China.

3. Defense Secretary Ash Carter:

   The U.S. military takes the greatest care in our operations to prevent the loss of innocent life, and when we make mistakes, we own up to them. That's exactly what we're doing right now.

4. Verene Shepherd:

   I think he missed an opportunity ... we still need for someone to own up to the wrong.

5. Jim Boeheim:

   It was just an honest mistake on my part, i have to live with that, own up to that and I ’m not here to argue whether or not I should have played or if I should have got suspended.