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take the fall

take the fall verb: to willingly lose a match, as in a fixed fight.

Verb

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

  1. (especially, idiomatic, informal) To willingly lose a match, as in a fixed fight.
  2. (idiomatic, informal) To bear the blame or punishment for another person's failure or misdeed, either intentionally or not.
    • 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 disaster2010 June 8, “Economy Watch: BP CEO Tony Hayward to testify on Capitol Hill next week”, in Washington Post
    Synonyms:
    take the rap

take the fall meaning in Bengali

take the fall in Bengali

ইচ্ছা করে হোক, না হোক

Synonyms of take the fall

Forms of take the fall

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

Questions about take the fall

What does take the fall mean?
Take the fall means to willingly lose a match, as in a fixed fight.
What is take the fall in Bengali?
Take the fall in Bengali is ইচ্ছা করে হোক, না হোক. See Take the fall meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is take the fall?
Take the fall is a verb.
What is the past tense of take the fall?
The past tense of take the fall is took the fall.

Words near take the fall in the dictionary

  1. take the coward's way out
  2. take the cross
  3. take the cure
  4. take the easy way out
  5. take the edge off
  6. take the fall
  7. take the field
  8. take the fifth
  9. take the flak
  10. take the floor
  11. take the front seat

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