take the fall

take the fall
tv. to get arrested for a particular crime. (Especially when others are going unpunished for the same crime. See also take a fall.)
Ziggy and Tony pulled the job off together, but Tony took the fall.
You did it, and I won’t take the fall!

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  • take the fall — If you tall the fall, you accept the blame and possibly the punishment for another s wrongdoing, with the implication that the true culprit, for political or other reasons, cannot be exposed as guilty (accompanied by a public suspicion that a… …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • take the fall — (for (someone/something)) to accept responsibility for something. The team s general manager takes the fall when the team loses but gets a lot of credit when they do well …   New idioms dictionary

  • take the fall — verb a) To willingly lose a match, as in a fixed fight. It was good of him to take the fall for you like that, I just wonder if he will come out of this one unscathed. b) To bear the blame or punishment for a failure or a misdeed …   Wiktionary

  • take the fall for someone — take the fall for (someone/something) mainly American, informal to accept the blame for something bad or not legal that another person has done. Bob ll take the fall for the director he d do anything to save his boss …   New idioms dictionary

  • take the fall for something — take the fall for (someone/something) mainly American, informal to accept the blame for something bad or not legal that another person has done. Bob ll take the fall for the director he d do anything to save his boss …   New idioms dictionary

  • take the fall for — (someone/something) mainly American, informal to accept the blame for something bad or not legal that another person has done. Bob ll take the fall for the director he d do anything to save his boss …   New idioms dictionary

  • take the fall for someone — take the fall (for (someone/something)) to accept responsibility for something. The team s general manager takes the fall when the team loses but gets a lot of credit when they do well …   New idioms dictionary

  • take the fall for something — take the fall (for (someone/something)) to accept responsibility for something. The team s general manager takes the fall when the team loses but gets a lot of credit when they do well …   New idioms dictionary

  • take the fall for — take the fall (for (someone/something)) to accept responsibility for something. The team s general manager takes the fall when the team loses but gets a lot of credit when they do well …   New idioms dictionary

  • take the fall N. Amer. — take the fall N. Amer. informal incur blame or punishment in the place of another. → fall …   English new terms dictionary

  • The Fall. El sueño de Alexandria — The Fall Título The Fall. El sueño de Alexandria Ficha técnica Dirección Tarsem Singh Producción Ajit Singh Tommy Turtle Tarsem Singh …   Wikipedia Español

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