Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

owning up

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.84 in modern English

Syllables
own-ing up
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of own up

Questions

What does owning up mean?
present participle and gerund of own up

How to pronounce owning up

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