Admit defeat

Be admitted to hospital

Admit to (doing) something

Admit doing something

Admit (to) doing something

Admit to somebody (that)

Admit (that)

Look to somebody to do something

They're looking to the new manager to make the company profitable.

2. to pay attention to something, especially in order to improve it

We must look to our defences.

look up phrasal verb

1. if a situation is looking up, it is improving

ￚ synonym improve, get better Now the summer's here things are looking up!

2. look something ↔up

if you look up information in a book, on a computer etc, you try to find it there

Look the word up in your dictionary. I'll just look up the train times.

3. look somebody ↔up

to visit someone you know, especially when you are in the place where they live for a different reason

Don't forget to look me up when you come to Atlanta.

look up to somebody phrasal verb

to admire or respect someone

I've always looked up to Bill for his courage and determination.

Admit verb past tense and past participle admitted present participle admitting

1. ACCEPT TRUTH

[intransitive and transitive]to agree unwillingly that something is true or that someone else is right

' Okay, so maybe I was a little bit scared,' Jenny admitted.

You may not like her, but you have to admit that she's good at her job.

Paul admitted to me that he sometimes feels jealous of my friendship with Stanley.

I must admit, I didn't actually do anything to help her. Admit it! I'm right, aren't I?

Dana admitted feeling hurt by what I had said.

freely/openly/frankly etc admit (=admit without being ashamed)

Phillips openly admits to having an alcohol problem.

2. ACCEPT BLAME

[intransitive and transitive]to say that you have done something wrong, especially something criminal

ￚ synonym confess

ￚ opposite deny

Greene admitted causing death by reckless driving.

A quarter of all workers admit to taking time off when they are not ill. After questioning, he admitted to the murder.

3. ALLOW TO ENTER

[transitive]to allow someone to enter a public place to watch a game, performance etc

ￚsee also admittance, admission

admit somebody to/into something

Only ticket-holders will be admitted into the stadium.

4. ALLOW TO JOIN

[transitive] to allow someone to join an organization, club etc

admit somebody to/into something

Drake was admitted into the club in 1997.

5. HOSPITAL

[transitive] if people at a hospital admit someone, that person is taken in to be given treatment, tests, or care

What time was she admitted?

British English be admitted to the hospital

American English

to stop trying to do something because you realize you cannot succeed

For Haskill, selling the restaurant would be admitting defeat.

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