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Take the fall
Verb
Definitions
1.
Verb
To willingly lose a match, as in a fixed fight.
2.
Verb
To bear the blame or punishment for another person's failure or misdeed, either intentionally or not.
"It was good of him to take the fall for you like that, I just wonder if he will come out of this one unscathed."
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