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Take the heat

Verb

Definitions

1.VerbTo take the blame; to be the focus of anger or scrutiny; to take the consequences.
"If this decision turns out to be a bad one, I'll take the heat for it."
2.VerbUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take,‎ heat.

Synonyms

take the rapcatch heatbear the bruntfeel the heattake the flaktake a bowtake one's lumpstake the falltake the pisstake on the chinfeel the pinchtake a licking
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