Take the fall for someone In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "take the fall for someone", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

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Meaning of Take the fall for someone

Take the fall for someone American informal

To accept the punishment or blame for something another person did

She had broken the vase, and I would not take the fall for her.

Tina has high self-esteem, so she never lets anyone take the fall for her.

My brother took the fall for my mistake because he didn't want me to be punished.

Grammar and Usage of Take the fall for someone

Verb Forms

  • takes the fall for (somebody/something)
  • took the fall for (somebody/something)
  • taking the fall for (somebody/something)


The verb "take" should be conjugated according to its tense. 

Origin of Take the fall for someone

Although the word “fall” originated in Old English, the origin of the idiom “take the fall” or “take a fall” meaning one incurs the blame for a misdeed perpetrated by another originated in the 1920s. At first, it was used only in criminal underworld slang; by the middle of the 1900s, the idiom was extended to less criminal types of blame.

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