to own up
[phrase form: own]
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承认, 承担责任
to confess and take responsibility for one's mistakes
Transitive: to own up to one's mistakes
例子
The student chose to own up to plagiarizing the essay and faced the academic consequences.
学生选择承认抄袭论文并面临学术后果。
Rather than hiding it, she owned up to accidentally deleting the important files.
她没有隐瞒，而是承认不小心删除了重要文件。
