They've got one player who can take the blame and the rest want to go about their business and let him take the fall.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Politicians are the culprits and they need to take the blame.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He was invited back, with his future father-in-law taking the blame.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
People were as upset with each other as they were with the crumbling building plans, and I had to take blame for the fiasco.
Christianity Today (2000)
I take the blame for it, not him.
The Sun (2008)