take the fall

Example Sentences

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“The more it becomes clear that the economy remains in dire straits, the more Maduro will look for people to take the fall.”

From Seattle Times

Ms. Grossberg said in her suits, filed in New York and Delaware, that she and Ms. Bartiromo were being set up to take the fall for Fox’s actions because of the company’s culture of misogyny and discrimination at Fox.

From New York Times

I wonder whether someone like John Eastman is being set up to take the fall.

From Slate

Leichty, who held a hearing on the case last week, said the plaintiffs could seek medical or religious exemptions offered by the university, or they could take the fall semester off or attend another school.

From Seattle Times

Evidence has also emerged that the guards and the mostly Colombian alleged mercenaries could have worked in tandem — or that the guards set up the mercenaries to take the fall.

From Los Angeles Times