Meaning of take the fall | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To willingly lose a match, as in a fixed fight.
   especially, idiomatic, informal
2. To bear the blame or punishment for another person's failure or misdeed, either intentionally or not.
   idiomatic, informal

Examples

“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.”

“You can take the president at his word after last week's sacking of MMS director Liz Birnbaum, the first in the government to take the fall for the BP oil spill disaster”

“You, you got it all, I guess And me, I'll take the fall for this Oh, oh, whoa”

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