to own up to something
1own up (to something doing something) — ˌown ˈup (to sth/to doing sth) derived to admit that you are responsible for sth bad or wrong Syn: ↑confess • I m still waiting for someone to own up to the breakages. • Why don t you just own up and hope she forgives you? Main …
2have the devil's own job doing something — have the devil s own job (doing something/to do something) old fashioned to spend a long time trying to do something difficult. I had the devil s own job to find a parking space near here …
3own goal — noun count usually singular BRITISH 1. ) a goal you accidentally score against your own team 2. ) something you do that accidentally harms you, often when you intended to harm someone else …
4for its own sake or something for something's sake or for the sake of it — indicating something that is done as an end in itself rather than to achieve some other purpose. → sake …
5own goal — UK / US noun [countable, usually singular] Word forms own goal : singular own goal plural own goals British 1) a goal that you accidentally score against your own team 2) something you do that accidentally harms you, often when you intended to… …
6own up — PHRASAL VERB If you own up to something wrong that you have done, you admit that you did it. [V P] The headmaster is waiting for someone to own up... [V P to n/ ing] Last year my husband owned up to a secret affair with his secretary …
7ˌown ˈgoal — noun [C] British 1) a goal that you accidentally score against your own team 2) something you do that accidentally harms you …
8Something Positive — logo, Mr. Personality. Author(s) R. K. Milholland Website http:/ …
9Something Wicked This Way Comes (novel) — Something Wicked This Way Comes   …
10own — [əʊn ǁ oʊn] verb [transitive] to have or possess something that is legally yours: • He still owns shares in the company. • The company is owned by a foreign consortium. * * * Ⅰ. own UK US /əʊn/ verb [T] ► to have something that legally belongs to …
