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Verb: take the fall
Usage: N. Amer, informal
  1. Take the blame (whether responsible or not)
    - take the rap [informal], carry the can [informal]

Derived forms: took the fall, taking the fall, takes the fall

Encyclopedia: Take the fall

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take someone's side
take stage
take stock
take ten
take the air
take the biscuit
take the bull by the horns
take the cake
take the count
take the fall
take the field
take the Fifth
take the Fifth Amendment
take the floor
take the mick
take the Mickey
take the piss
take the rap
take the road
take the stage