own up

英 [əʊn ʌp] 美 [oʊn ʌp]

• 坦白地承认； 供认

英英释义

Verb:

1. admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error;

   "the writer of the anonymous letter owned up after they identified his handwriting"
   

词汇搭配

• own up 坦白地承认
• raise oneself up by one's own bootstraps 依靠自己的努力而取得...
• pull oneself up by one's own bootstraps 依靠自己的努力而取得...
• lift oneself up by one's own bootstraps 依靠自己的努力而取得...
• own up to 承认 ...

近反义词

【近义词】

• fess up 爽快地坦白, 干脆地承认...
• make a clean breast of 坦白交代