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Longforest Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

Take the fall?

I read a sentence the other day: If we do that, there will be a number of guys who would take the fall. what does the speaker mean? Thank you.
  

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Take the fall = suffer the consequences/punishment. com: To incur blame or censure, either willingly or unwillingly: a senior official who took the fall for the failed intelligence operation.

— Mister Micawber

  • Take the fall = suffer the consequences/punishment.
  • com: To incur blame or censure, either willingly or unwillingly: a senior official who took the fall for the failed intelligence operation.
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Take the fall = suffer the consequences/punishment. From Dictionary.com: To incur blame or censure, either willingly or unwillingly: a senior official who took the fall for the failed intelligence operation.
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Thank you. You've been very helpful.
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