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take credit

take credit verb: to accept or acknowledge approval, praise, recognition for something, regardless of its merit or worthiness.

Verb

take credit (third-person singular simple present takes credit, present participle taking credit, simple past took credit, past participle taken credit)

  1. (idiomatic) To accept or acknowledge approval, praise, recognition for something, regardless of its merit or worthiness.
    • take all the credit

Forms of take credit

third-person singular presenttakes credit
present participletaking credit
pasttook credit
past participletaken credit
alternative formtake the credit

Questions about take credit

What does take credit mean?
Take credit means to accept or acknowledge approval, praise, recognition for something, regardless of its merit or worthiness.
What part of speech is take credit?
Take credit is a verb.
What is the past tense of take credit?
The past tense of take credit is took credit.

Words near take credit in the dictionary

  1. take cold
  2. take command
  3. take control
  4. take courage
  5. take cover
  6. take credit
  7. take delight in
  8. take delivery
  9. take down
  10. take down a notch
  11. take down a peg

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