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own up

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
own up vi phrasal	informal (confess to [sth])	admitir⇒, confesar⇒ vtr
		aceptar la responsabilidad de, asumir la responsabilidad de loc verb + prep
	My brother broke my mom's favorite lamp and refused to own up to it.
	Mi hermano rompió la lámpara preferida de mi madre y no quiso admitirlo.

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Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
own up to [sth] v expr	(confess responsibility for)	admitir⇒, confesar⇒ vtr
		aceptar la responsabilidad de, asumir la responsabilidad de loc verb + prep
	Nobody owned up to the theft, so the teacher gave the whole class a detention.
	Nadie confesó el robo y por eso la maestra castigó a toda la clase.

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