fall guy

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a fall guy (mainly American, informal)

someone who is blamed for another person's mistake or crime. The book claims Lee Harvey Oswald didn't kill President Kennedy - he was just the fall guy.

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JIMMY THE GREEK is always entertaining, never stressing, and one of only a handful of guys who can properly perform the Fall Guy. Island fever: or how to throw a bowl contest the right way by Hammeke, Joe / Thrasher The CAO job might pay well, but it has serious drawbacks -- like being the fall guy for all that goes wrong in county government, without having the power to fix it. EDITORIAL STRIKE TWO by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) Earlier in my life, I would have made a strong effort to resist the role of the fall guy, but middle age means finally accepting the fact that you haven't got a stern bone in your body, and I called the pups to follow me back home. Puppies from heaven by Phipps, John / Farm Journal More results

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JIMMY THE GREEK is always entertaining, never stressing, and one of only a handful of guys who can properly perform the Fall Guy.

Island fever: or how to throw a bowl contest the right way by Hammeke, Joe / Thrasher

The CAO job might pay well, but it has serious drawbacks -- like being the fall guy for all that goes wrong in county government, without having the power to fix it.

EDITORIAL STRIKE TWO by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

Earlier in my life, I would have made a strong effort to resist the role of the fall guy, but middle age means finally accepting the fact that you haven't got a stern bone in your body, and I called the pups to follow me back home.

Puppies from heaven by Phipps, John / Farm Journal

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