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owned up

owned up is the simple past and past participle of own up.

Meaning of own up

Verb

own up (third-person singular simple present owns up, present participle owning up, simple past and past participle owned up)

  1. (intransitive) To acknowledge, confess, or admit guilt or responsibility.
    • I'll own up: I glued your mouse to its mat.
    Synonyms:
    fess up, come clean

Questions about owned up

What is owned up the simple past and past participle of?
Owned up is the simple past and past participle of own up.

Words near owned up in the dictionary

  1. ownahs
  2. owndom
  3. owndoms
  4. owne
  5. owned
  6. owned up
  7. ownedness
  8. owner
  9. owner's equity
  10. owner-driver
  11. owner-drivers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: owned up (page history and authors); own up (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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