own up to

own up to someone

to confess or admit something to someone. Finally, he owned up to his mother about breaking the vase. We had hoped he would own up to us sooner.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Christoforos	-	Greek
Nata	-	Russian
MieczysŁAw	mye-CHI-swahf	Polish
Viktoriya	veek-TO-ree-yah (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
Tahnee	TAW-nee	English (Rare)
Evvie	EE-vee, EV-ee	English