Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

owns up

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.21 in modern English

Syllables
own-s up
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does owns up mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of own up

How to pronounce owns up

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