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taking credit

taking credit is the present participle and gerund of take credit.

Meaning of take credit

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

Questions about taking credit

What is taking credit the present participle and gerund of?
Taking credit is the present participle and gerund of take credit.

Words near taking credit in the dictionary

  1. taking coals to Newcastle
  2. taking cold
  3. taking command
  4. taking control
  5. taking cover
  6. taking credit
  7. taking credit for
  8. taking delight in
  9. taking delivery
  10. taking down
  11. taking down a notch

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