ON ONE’S OWN, phr. (common).—On one’s own account.
1897. Daily Mail, 25 Sept., 2, 6. I came to Europe ON MY OWN, and I only got about £400 from Mr. Hoffmeyer.
TO OWN UP, verb. (colloquial).—To confess; to ‘make a clean breast.’
1880. A. TROLLOPE, The Duke’s Children, xxxv. The fact is if you ‘OWN UP’ in a genial sort of way the House will forgive anything.
