own up
verb- To acknowledge, confess, or admit guilt or responsibility. · I'll own up: I glued your mouse to its mat.· If you own up to breaking the glass, you'll be forgiven.
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I’m perfectly willing to own up that I’m glad I consented to keep the child and that I’m getting fond of her, but don’t you rub it in, Matthew Cuthbert.”
I suppose she has lost it and is afraid to own up for fear she’ll be punished.
“I’m willing to own up that I made a mistake,” she concluded candidly, “but I’ve learned a lesson.
I ain’t one of those kind of people, Marilla, as can never be brought to own up that they’ve made a mistake.
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