Examples of 'take the fall' in a sentence

Meaning of "take the fall"

Take the fall is an idiomatic phrase that means to accept the blame or punishment for something, especially on behalf of someone else. It is often used in situations where someone willingly takes responsibility for a mistake or wrongdoing to protect others from facing the consequences
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  • To willingly lose a match, as in a fixed fight.
  • To bear the blame or punishment for another person's failure or misdeed, either intentionally or not.

How to use "take the fall" in a sentence

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take the fall
I will take the fall for you.
Someone may have to take the fall.
Do not take the fall for him.
They set him up to take the fall.
We will take the fall for you.
I let my best friend take the fall.
I will take the fall on this one.
You do not have to take the fall.
I will take the fall in your place.
Let your replacement take the fall.
To take the fall five years ago.
She was going to take the fall for you.
To take the fall for this shit.
You can not take the fall.
To take the fall for her.

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I am not letting you take the fall.
I will take the fall for this.
I did not ask to you take the fall.
Is to take the fall for your team.
You are gonna have to take the fall.
I will take the fall for it alone.
Dco is not gonna take the fall.
I will take the fall if we get caught.
And he let michael take the fall.
I will take the fall for him.
You jerks were setting me up to take the fall.
I will not take the fall foryou.
And they are going to have to take the fall.
You gonna take the fall for it.
Others might be made to take the fall.
I am gonna take the fall for this.
I know she is setting me up to take the fall.
I will not take the fall alone.
Take the fall for a murder that he committed.
She was gonna take the fall for me.
They are setting up this patsy to take the fall.
I am not gonna take the fall on this.
He surprised me when he almost let me take the fall.
Then we are going to take the fall for what we did.
Someone is trying to set him up to take the fall.
You are going to take the fall for nothing.
I have a perfectly good idiot to take the fall.
We were abandoned to take the fall in their cover up.
And you were almost begging to take the fall.
We will not take the fall for this.
Barnes wants somebody to take the fall.
Set up to take the fall and played again.
And setting you up to take the fall.
So he can take the fall in case anything goes wrong.
You did not have to take the fall.

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Take good care of your little sister
Though it did take out most of the huns
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