Collocations with admit

admit _verb

NOUNS

truth
・He knows his marriage is over, but he can’t bring himself to admit the truth.

mistake
・Last night he admitted his mistake and offered a public apology.

responsibility, blame
・A terrorist organization has admitted responsibility for the attack.

guilt
・The prisoner refused to admit guilt for what happened.

liability
・The company has admitted liability for the accident.

defeat
・The team refused to admit defeat.

possibility
・She finally admitted the possibility that she might have made a mistake.

ADVERBS

freely, openly, readily
・The star freely admits that he has made mistakes in the past.
・Phillips openly admits to having an alcohol problem.

grudgingly, reluctantly
・She grudgingly admitted that I was a better player than she was.

VERBS

have to, be forced to
・In the end, she had to admit that she was wrong.
・The government was forced to admit that its economic policy wasn’t working.

refuse to
・The company refused to admit that they had caused the problem.

PREPOSITIONS

to
・He later admitted to me that he was lying.
・People will not admit to illegal activities because they are afraid of being punished.

PHRASES

be willing/prepared/ready to admit sth
・The chairman said he was willing to admit that there had been some problems.

be ashamed to admit sth
・David was ashamed to admit that he had lied to his parents.

be reluctant/loath to admit sth
・I’m loath to admit it, but you’re probably right.

be the first to admit sth
・I will be the first to admit that I have made mistakes in my life.

I must admit/I have to admit
・I must admit, I had my doubts at first.

I don’t mind admitting sth
・I’m scared and I don’t mind admitting it.