Own up: phrasal verb

PHRASAL VERB. Own up.

own up Meaning: If you own up to something, you admit that you've done something wrong or made a mistake. For example:

• own up We were pretty sure Sam was the one who'd been stealing money from our company, but he wouldn’t own up. He kept saying it wasn’t him.
• own up to sth Politicians don't usually own up to their mistakes and misjudgments, let alone their crimes against humanity.
• own up to doing sth Our son owned up to taking money from his mother's purse after we found him looking through her bag again.

Nouns often used as objects with
own up: to stealing, cheating, lying :to fraud, theft, crime, mistake, error, dishonesty

Quick Quiz:

After talking to his teacher, Jason has owned up to

failing his exam passing his exam cheating in his exam ENGLISHCLUB.COM

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phone - Definition from Longman English Dictionary Online:

"COLLOCATIONS answer the phone
come to the phone
 phone number
the phone rings
the phone goes dead (=you can no longer hear the person you were speaking to on the telephone) phone conversation
by phone/over the phone (=using the telephone)
on the phone (=speaking on the telephone)
off the phone (=no longer using the telephone)
phone company
mobile phone/mobile
British English
cellphone/cellular
phone especially American English"
Sentences:

Louise got up to answer the phone.

She's too busy to come to the phone right now. Can you call back later?

What's your phone number?

The phone rang. It was Pam.

Before he could answer, the phone went dead.

a secret tape of Diana's phone conversations

Much of his work is done by phone.

Who was that on the phone?

I wish Amy would get off the phone.

➔ cellphone ➔ mobile phone ➔ pay phone

2 the part of a telephone into which you speak [= receiver]:

She picked up the phone and dialled.

 (=after she had finished her conversation) (=before I had finished speaking)

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get the hang of

Learn the proper way of doing, using or handling something; acquire the knack of something. For example, I finally got the hang of this computer program. [Colloquial; mid-1800s]

See also: get, hang, of

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

done for

1. Exhausted, worn out, as in This old computer is just about done for. [Colloquial; c. 1800] Also see done in.

2. Doomed to death or destruction, as in Before he went to the hospital it seemed as if he was done for. [Colloquial; mid-1800s]

See also: done

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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