| 释义 |
take the fallNorth American informal Incur blame or punishment in the place of another person: he kept his mouth shut and let McFarlane take the fall...- If someone backed me up in a lie and then took the fall for me when it was exposed, I'd have confidence in him too.
- European governments continue to allow employers the privilege of using cheap foreign labor while making asylum seekers take the fall for clandestine migration.
- It relieves the truly guilty parties of the need to decide who among them must take the fall.
See parent entry: fall |