admit to (someone)
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To confess to someone a personal wrongdoing. The misdeed can be mentioned between "admit" and "to." Ryan would not admit to his parents that he had damaged their car. I saw you cheating on the test, and if you don't admit it to the teacher, I'll tell her myself! Yep, the girl just admitted to me that she's the thief.
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admit someone (in)to (some place)
to allow someone to enter some place. They refused to admit us into the theater.
admit something to someone
to confess something to someone. Harry admitted his error to his uncle.
admit to something
to acknowledge or confess something; to acknowledge or confess to having done something. Max would not admit to anything.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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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