Meaning?
Hi,
Will you please tell me what is the meaning of the "fire walls" and " the fall" in the following text?
"My name cannot be at risk, " he said sternly.
"It's impossible. We have fire walls everywhere. If one of our operatives gets out of the line, does something wrong, we make sure another guy takes the fall...…."
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I would have expected "firewalls", one word. We can only imagine what their firewalls are. A literal firewall is a fire-resistant barrier built into a building to slow the spread of fire.
- I would have expected "firewalls", one word.
- We can only imagine what their firewalls are.
- A literal firewall is a fire-resistant barrier built into a building to slow the spread of fire.
- A figurative firewall serves a similar purpose, figuratively speaking, but there is no way to know eactly what they are in this case, just that they help limit damage somehow.
- To take the fall is to be punished for someone else's misdeed.
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I would have expected "firewalls", one word. We can only imagine what their firewalls are. A literal firewall is a fire-resistant barrier built into a building to slow the spread of fire. A figurative firewall serves a similar purpose, figuratively speaking, but there is no way to know eactly what they are in this case, just that they help limit damage somehow.
To take the fall is to be
0A similar expression is "to frame someone", which means to make it appear as though an innocent person has committed a crime, perhaps by planting false evidence or by committing the crime in such a way that it appears the innocent person did it. "If one of our operatives gets out of the line, does something wrong, we frame some other guy for it …."
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