admit to (something)
admit to (something)
To confess or acknowledge a personal wrongdoing. "To" can be followed by either the misdeed or the recipient of the confession. Beth finally admitted to cheating on the test. Ryan would not admit to his parents that he had damaged their car.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
admit someone (in)to (some place)
to allow someone to enter some place. They refused to admit us into the theater.
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admit something to someone
to confess something to someone. Harry admitted his error to his uncle.
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admit to something
to acknowledge or confess something; to acknowledge or confess to having done something. Max would not admit to anything.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
admit to
v.
1. To confess something to someone: I didn't want to admit my crimes to them. At first they lied, but later they admitted to the police that they had stolen the bicycle.
2. To confess something: He will never admit to feeling jealous. She admitted to her lies.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
- be brought to book
- bring a charge against
- bring a charge against (someone)
- have (one) bang to rights
- have someone bang to rights
- catch (one) dead to rights
- lay a charge
- hang (someone) for (something)
- hang for
- catch (one) bang to rights