own (up to)

verb

Definition of own (up to)next
as in to confess
to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly owned up to damaging the car

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for own (up to)
  1. confess
  2. admit
  3. concede
  4. acknowledge
  5. agree
Verb
  • They were later all exonerated, having serving between five and 13 years in prison, after the true attacker confessed and was linked to the crime by DNA evidence.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • While discussing her debut album, GLORIOUS, with Apple Music’s Ebro Darden, the rapper confessed that there wasn’t an actual beef with the former City Girls star.
    Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of confess
Verb
  • According to the Ozaukee County Sheriff’s Office in Wisconsin, the couple were interviewed in Chicago and admitted dumping their adoptive son's body in a ditch in Mequon.
    Doha Madani, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Kline admitted in it to having previously interacted with Libby German.
    Aja Romano, Vox, 11 Nov. 2024
Definition of admit
Verb
  • Supporters react as Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, concedes the election during a speech at Howard University on Nov. 6, 2024, in Washington, DC.
    Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Harris voters are almost certain — 9 in 10 — that Trump would not concede but Harris would.
    Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of concede
Verb
  • The company acknowledges the risks associated with its business, including the potential for complete loss of capital invested or borrowed.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
  • The groups challenged just how large Trump’s gains were with people of color, particularly among Latino men, but acknowledged that the gains were significant, as was the Latino gender divide.
    Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of acknowledge
Verb
  • No one who hurls their guts up the previous night would knowingly agree to ride in a 12-passenger van hugging the cliffside of this narrow two-lane road, navigating hairpin turns on switchbacks that drop more than 2,500 feet into Red Rock Country.
    Erin Strout, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Some recipients responded to the texts with anger and others with a sense of humor, but many agree that the messages seem to be a bleak foreshadowing.
    Char Adams, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of agree
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“Own (up to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/own%20%28up%20to%29. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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