take the blame (for something)

To assume, accept, or be assigned the responsibility or guilt for something. As manager for this project, I take the blame for its failure. No way—I'm not taking the blame for your stupid prank! They set the poor guy up. They committed the crime, but he was the one who took the blame.

take the blame (for doing something)

to acknowledge that one is to blame for doing something. Do you really expect for me to take the blame for something I didn't do?

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"If I've got it wrong I'll take the blame, no problem."

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But a desperate Gabby pleads with her mum to respect her decision to take the blame.

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Smith said: "I take the blame. Our preparation wasn't how it normally is and I maybe changed things during the game too early.

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Brown claimed: "I take the blame! I should have played all five of my substitutes from the start.

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Let's look at that again: Downing Street press officers take over the situation, tell a fib and then let someone else take the blame when they are rumbled.

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There is something in the human heart that always wants someone else to take the blame. For us to be good, someone else must be bad, indeed, very bad.

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"I don't think Lindsay needs to take the blame for anything," he insisted.

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Treble said, when investigators came to Speke Nursing Home, in May, 2010, she was told to take the blame by Vernon.

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