TAKETHEFALL

take the fall

Verb

  1. To willingly lose a match, as in a fixed fight.
  2. To bear the blame or punishment for a failure or a misdeed.
    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.


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