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
Sheamus	SHAY-mus	Irish
Alex	AL-əks (English), AH-ləks (Dutch)	English, Dutch, German, French, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic
Sherley	SHUR-lee	English (Rare)
Rastus	RAS-təs	English (Rare)
Varduhi	-	Armenian
Lalla	-	Literature