Idioms

take the rap for (someone or something)
to receive punishment for something, to be accused and punished for something, to receive punishment in place of someone else
The owner of the restaurant was forced to take the rap for permitting underage workers to work at night.

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  • take the stand
  • take the starch out of (someone)
  • take the trouble to (do something)
  • take the wind out of someone's sails
  • take the words out of (someone's) mouth
  • take time off
  • take to (someone or something)
  • take to (something)
  • take to one's heels
  • take to the woods
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  • turn over a new leaf
  • what's what
  • rough-and-tumble
  • come across (someone or something)
  • make a run for it
  • invest (something) in (something)
  • come down in the world
  • lock horns with (someone)
  • hopped up on (something)
  • lead (someone) down the garden path


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