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Discover LudwigThe phrase "admit taking" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when someone acknowledges or confesses to having done something, typically in a context involving an action that may be questionable or wrong.
Example: "He had to admit taking the money from the table, despite his initial denial."
Alternatives: "acknowledge having taken" or "confess to taking".
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They admit taking turns having sex with her but say it was consensual.
The defendants admit taking turns having sex with her but say it was consensual.
The signatories admit: "Taking on the tax havens will not be easy; there are powerful vested interests that benefit from the status quo.
But the average age of drug users is rising and the number of teenagers who admit taking drugs fell again, in line with a five-year trend.
Mr Medov told the police that his kidnappers had tried to get him to admit taking part in an assassination attempt on Mr Zyazikov in April.Memorial, a human-rights organisation, estimates that Ingushetia saw some 50 kidnappings from January 2003 to July 2004.
Her statement was a bitter conclusion to a three-week court case in which the self-styled "domestic goddess" chose to admit taking cocaine on seven occasions as she gave evidence against Elisabetta and Francesca Grillo, who had been accused of spending lavishly on family credit cards without the permission of her or her husband of 10 years Charles Saatchi.
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This last one, I admit, took me by surprise.
All of which, I admit, takes us a long way from affairs like the Chilcot inquiry.
Mr. Antinoro admitted taking $18,000 in bribes.
The lawmaker, Hobun Kihara, admitted taking donations from Kyushu Electric.
"None of them admits taking the penguins," she said.
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