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Bush does not want to go down in history as the president who lost in Iraq. His strategy to the extent he has one is to hang tough and let whoever succeeds him take the fall.
Eleanor Clift

Meaning of "take the fall" in the English dictionary

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WHAT DOES TAKE THE FALL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

take the fall

Scapegoating

Scapegoating is the practice of singling out any party for unmerited negative treatment or blame as a scapegoat. Scapegoating may be conducted by individuals against individuals, individuals against groups, groups against individuals, and groups against groups. A scapegoat may be an adult, sibling, child, employee, peer, ethnic or religious group, or country. A whipping boy, identified patient or "fall guy" are forms of scapegoat.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TAKE THE FALL

take the air
take the biscuit
take the bit in one´s teeth
take the bread out of someone´s mouth
take the bull by the horns
take the cake
take the chair
take the count
take the field
take the fifth
take the floor
take the gilt off the gingerbread
take the king´s shilling
take the law into one´s own hands
take the liberty
take the lid off
take the mickey
take the piss
take the place of
take the plunge

WORDS THAT END LIKE TAKE THE FALL

acceleration of free fall
befall
deadfall
downfall
fall
flag fall
free fall
icefall
infall
landfall
nightfall
outfall
pitfall
rainfall
ride for a fall
rock fall
shortfall
snowfall
waterfall
windfall

Synonyms and antonyms of take the fall in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «take the fall» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TAKE THE FALL

Find out the translation of take the fall to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of take the fall from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «take the fall» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

以秋天
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tomar la caída
570 millions of speakers

English

take the fall
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गिरावट लेना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اتخاذ سقوط
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

принятьосенью
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

assumir a culpa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পতন হত্তয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prendre l´automne
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ambil musim gugur
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

nehmen der Fall
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

秋取る
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

가을 이 걸릴
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Njupuk sing tiba
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mất mùa thu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வீழ்ச்சி எடுக்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पडणे घेणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sonbahar al
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prendere la caduta
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podjąćspadek
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прийняти восени
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ia toamna
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λάβει η πτώση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

neem die val
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ta hösten
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ta fallet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of take the fall

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TAKE THE FALL»

The term «take the fall» is very widely used and occupies the 18.877 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TAKE THE FALL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about take the fall

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QUOTES WITH «TAKE THE FALL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word take the fall.
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Eleanor Clift
Bush does not want to go down in history as the president who lost in Iraq. His strategy to the extent he has one is to hang tough and let whoever succeeds him take the fall.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAKE THE FALL»

Discover the use of take the fall in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to take the fall and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Collection of Confusible Phrases
2 first week, the Festival took a nosedive from which it never recovered, take a fall take the fall take a fall I. lose one's balance and drop to the ground: When I took a fall and hurt my arm. Michele called me at home to see how I was. take a dive ...
Yuri Dolgopolov, 2004
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Idioms in the News - 1,000 Phrases, Real Examples
Take the fall means be the one punished when others are guilty. The person may be blamed unfairly or take the fall deliberately for a purpose, such as protecting others or refusing to tell a secret. Fall guy began as late-1800's American slang.
Peter Bengelsdorf
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Who Is in Control?
take the fall of man from God lightly. Looking at the fall from God's perspective it is without a doubt the most tragic thing that happened to man. In fact, the fall of man is so disruptive that God had to step in to restore fallen man. The fall from God ...
Robert Hanson, 2004
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The Tri-Ad: The Rise and Fall:
We already have a patsy to take the fall for us, and Dan is the patsy for The Tri-Ad , the sacrificial lamb we had already set up ahead of time. Where was Dan's patsy and lamb? He was betrayed by his own teammate, his very own patsy went ...
Steve Peck, Sandy Peck, 2014
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Shopping for Bombs : Nuclear Proliferation, Global ...
His supporters continue to point to these three words as evidence that Khan had really only ever acted in the national interest, and with national approval, but was now being forced to take the fall. For the government, emphasizing Khan's ...
Gordon Corera, 2006
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The Infant
We let them take the fall. We get you out, you go underground, you do whatever you have to do? You understand? COOPER: Take the fall? What do you mean? SAMEDI grabs the picture. SAMEDI: This is treason, Cooper, high treason, you ...
Oliver Lansley, 2011
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The Watergate Crisis
On April 14 Nixon, Haldeman, and Ehrlichman decided to try to get Mitchell to take the fall for Watergate. He refused. Ehrlichman's unsuccessful effort to persuade Mitchell to take the rap for the president led Mitchell to conclude that he was ...
Michael A. Genovese, 1999
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A Corn-belt Farming System which Saves Harvest Labor by ...
Many who have followed this system have found it advisable to take the fall shotes out of the rye and clover field about August 15 and allow them to finish out on old corn, thus getting them on the market before the rush of new-corn hogs.
J. A. Drake, 1917
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Bloom's how to Write about Robert Frost
A thesis for this paper would introduce an argument about the message that emerges from this juxtaposition. Is the poem asking us not to take the fall too seriously? Or is the poem asking us to take the fall very seriously through the ironic use ...
Michael R. Little, 2009
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Five Women of Adventure
“Evidently, the British guy, Sir Barton, allegedly hired two teams of assassins to kill the secretary general, but one team was set up to take the fall and confuse the FBI. It obviously didn't work. Early on, the guy Zomvar thought he was going to be  ...
Steve Edsall, 2010

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TAKE THE FALL»

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Must-read romances: 'Loving Lucas,' 'Take the Fall,' 'Wanted'
Loving Lucas by Violetta Rand. When a fearless knight in shining armor graces the pages of a novel, we most often think of a historical romance, and this is ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
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Jon Hamm is willing to take the fall for his beloved Cardinals
Jon Hamm wants you to know one thing: He does not work for the St. Louis Cardinals. The “Mad Men” star fielded questions about the Cardinals' alleged ... «St. Louis Sun Times, Jun 15»
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Deus Ex: The Fall teased
The tweet simply reads, “Where will YOU take The Fall? ... The new game will be called Deus Ex: The Fall, which has been rumoured for a while now, and the ... «Den Of Geek, Jun 13»

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