Is it a different way to say "to own up to it"?
I like that phrase but, just for the sake of knowing an alternative version closer to the logic of my language, which is spanish, I would need a different way to say it.
If I have to use a translation from my language I would say: " to acknowledge it" or "to recognize it".
Context: someone is lying to me about something they did but I know what they did so then i pop up with the phrase...
Sorry for my English.

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Is it a different way to say "to own up to it"?
I like that phrase but, just for the sake of knowing an alternative version closer to the logic of my language, which is spanish, I would need a different way to say it. 
If I have to use a translation from my language I would say: " to acknowledge it" or "to recognize it". 
Context: someone is lying to me about something they did but I know what they did so then i pop up with the phrase...
Sorry for my English.

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"to admit to something" and "to confess" spring to mind. Not that I'd consider these idiomatic phrases in a strict sense.

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"To take responsibility for it"

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"To take responsibility for it"

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If it’s just speech, then “admit it”
For actions, “accept responsibility for”
“Own up to” could be used for both, but personally I wouldn’t use it for either.
“Confess” is possible but generally more formal - used in law and religion.
“Fess” is informal but sounds rural.
“Come clean” might be my preferred informal way.

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Assume or take on , and so one

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