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Discover LudwigThe phrase "admits taking" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when someone acknowledges or confesses to having engaged in a particular action, often in a legal or formal context.
Example: "The defendant admits taking the money, but claims it was a misunderstanding."
Alternatives: "acknowledges having taken" or "confesses to taking".
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"None of them admits taking the penguins," she said.
She even admits taking the leftovers from her guests' glasses.
12.27pm: Farrow admits taking out the crucial words "if true" from the Guardian article.
He admits taking his eye off the ball after a failed attempt to buy Marks & Spencer two years earlier.
Of course, even czarists are a possibility.' " FLOCA admits taking fictional liberties with his story, but his careful research shows.
Pryce, 60, an economist, admits taking her then husband's speeding points a decade ago but denies perverting the course of justice on the grounds of marital coercion.
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The process, he admits, took longer than he had expected.
Mr. Antinoro admitted taking $18,000 in bribes.
The lawmaker, Hobun Kihara, admitted taking donations from Kyushu Electric.
David Millar, a British world champion, has admitted taking steroids.
Others have admitted taking bribes and misusing public money.
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