If you ~ to something wrong that you have done, you admit that you did it.
The headmaster is waiting for someone to ~...
Last year my husband owned up to a secret affair with his secretary.
= admit
PHRASAL VERB: V P, V P to n/-ing
If you ~ to something wrong that you have done, you admit that you did it.
The headmaster is waiting for someone to ~...
Last year my husband owned up to a secret affair with his secretary.
= admit
PHRASAL VERB: V P, V P to n/-ing
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012