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take the rap

take the rap verb: to be blamed or punished for something, especially for the wrongful actions of another; to willingly allow oneself to be so blamed or punished.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To be blamed or punished for something, especially for the wrongful actions of another; to willingly allow oneself to be so blamed or punished.

take the rap meaning in Bengali and Malayalam

take the rap in Bengali

কিছুর জন্য দোষারোপ, শাস্তি পাওয়া

take the rap in Malayalam

be punished, take the blame, suffer (the consequences)
ശിക്ഷിക്കപ്പെടുക, പഴി ഏൽക്കുക, കുറ്റംഏൽക്കുക, ഫലം അനുഭവിക്കുക, ശിക്ഷയനുഭവിക്കുക, കഴിവുചെയ്യുക

Synonyms of take the rap

Forms of take the rap

third-person singular presenttakes the rap
present participletaking the rap
pasttook the rap
past participletaken the rap

Questions about take the rap

What does take the rap mean?
Take the rap means to be blamed or punished for something, especially for the wrongful actions of another; to willingly allow oneself to be so blamed or punished.
What is take the rap in Bengali?
Take the rap in Bengali is কিছুর জন্য দোষারোপ, শাস্তি পাওয়া. See Take the rap meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is take the rap?
Take the rap is a verb.
What is the past tense of take the rap?
The past tense of take the rap is took the rap.

Words near take the rap in the dictionary

  1. take the place of
  2. take the pledge
  3. take the plunge
  4. take the point
  5. take the purple
  6. take the rap
  7. take the red eye
  8. take the red pill
  9. take the register
  10. take the reins
  11. take the ride

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Adapted from Wiktionary: take the rap (page history and authors); take the rap (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); take the rap (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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