own up

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to admit that you are responsible for sth bad or wrong

   Just didn't have the decency to own up to it.

   Now we've got a security guard with a skull fracture.

In the movies · 3

• Just didn't have the decency to own up to it.The Last Picture Show1971
• Both: [ Giggling ] OH! THIS IS GLORIOUS!Anne of Avonlea1987
• Now we've got a security guard with a skull fracture.Twelve Monkeys1995
• Has he lived on his own up till now?The Father2020
• Well, if you're deaf, you must own up to it.The Aviator2004
• Why can't we let her clean her own mess up?Hillbilly Elegy2020
• He set his own brother upThe Invisible Man2020
• Leroy's private space owns up half this dump.The Devil All the Time2020

From the same entry

• come into your own
• get your own back
• hold your own
• on your own
• the devil looks after his own
• have a mind of your own
• for sake
• like, the sound of your own voice
• behave as if you own the place