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
Vortigern	VAWR-ti-gərn (English)	History
Cynwrig	-	Ancient Celtic
Takashi	tah-kah-shee	Japanese
Lilias	-	Scottish
Balbina	bahl-BEE-nah (Italian)	Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Rare), Italian (Rare), Ancient Roman
Neske	NES-kə	Dutch, Limburgish