The phrase "admit this idea" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to acknowledge or accept a particular concept or notion.
Example: "After much consideration, I have to admit this idea has merit and deserves further exploration."
Alternatives: "acknowledge this concept" or "accept this notion."
I admit this idea is hard to swallow; most manufacturers are not ready for factory-floor flextime.
OK, I admit this idea has about as much chance of happening as Mr Kavanagh reading the draft EU constitution from cover to cover.
And then the question has to be asked, "is it worth going through all this trouble to get the more explosive output of a combustion engine a "green" vehicle, when the electricity from the solar panel can go towards an electric vehicle?" I will admit this idea would remove the notorious "range anxiety" that many owners of electric vehicles face today.
We'll admit this idea is nothing more than idle speculation on our part.
The President is not above the law; an absurdity to admit this idea into our government.
I have to admit, this idea gave me pause.
Alejandro Ponce, chief research officer at WJP and co-author of the report, said rule of law and justice were critical for development but admitted this idea still faced opposition as countries hammer out the details of the SDGs and their specific targets ahead of a summit at the UN in September to ratify the goals.
James McQuivey, an analyst at Forrester Research and author of the book Digital Disruption, admits this idea seems unusual for IBM, but he says there is a good reason the company is trying to build these practices.
Chomsky may be right to believe that language did not gradually evolve, but even he would admit that this idea is only speculation.
But the Fed can't call it that: "'The printing money' is the last refuge of failed economic empires and banana republics, and the Fed doesn't want to admit this is their only idea".
He said: "They came back with this, and I have to admit, the idea was a bit shocking.
