own up in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for own up in the English»Spanish Dictionary

II.own [Am oʊn, Brit əʊn] VB intr form

III.own [Am oʊn, Brit əʊn] ADJ

IV.own [Am oʊn, Brit əʊn] PRON

I.up [Am əp, Brit ʌp] ADV up often appears as the second element of certain verb structures in English (back up, pick up, sit up, etc). For translations, see the relevant verb entry (back, pick, sit, etc).

1.1. up (in upward direction):

up a bitleft a bit
up United! Brit

II.up [Am əp, Brit ʌp] PREP

III.up [Am əp, Brit ʌp] ADJ

IV.up <pres part upping; pt, pp upped> [Am əp, Brit ʌp] VB trans inf

V.up <pres part upping; pt, pp upped> [Am əp, Brit ʌp] VB intr

See also come up to

own up in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for own up in the English»Spanish Dictionary

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
We know that it is not easy for somebody to own up what he knows the society abhors.
www.vanguardngr.com
Occasionally, a sympathetic passerby would own up to seeing him, and drop an offering onto the small patchy bag beside him.
www.longfordleader.ie
When police make mistakes, they must own up to them.
www.cnn.com
One can easily say "it should work" but can one own up if it does not?
www.freemalaysiatoday.com
Yet, as much as we prefer not to own up to it, everybody has failed.
www.huffingtonpost.com
Be ready to own up everyone but then the internet and its anonymity...
www.espncricinfo.com
They own up to that now.
en.wikipedia.org
You should just own up to yourself and work to achieve whatever you want to do.
www.independent.ie
Ten percent own up to owning at least 20 bags.
www.slate.com
She is also known to not own up to the mistakes she makes, blaming them on something else.
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