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fall guy

noun as in easy victim

Strongest matches

patsy
scapegoat
whipping boy

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boob
can-carrier
chopping block
chump
dupe
easy mark
easy touch
fool
goat
lamb to the slaughter
mark
pigeon
prize sap
sacrifice
sap
schlemiel
schmuck
sitting duck
soft touch
stooge
sucker
trusting soul
victim

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In the season finale, Shiv was also a crucial voice in steering Logan toward picking Ken as the fall guy.

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In an attempt to dig himself out, Connor generously offered to be the fall guy for the cruise fiasco in exchange for compensation, weaving a story in which he was the “eminence grise” of the family.

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