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单词 fall guy
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fall guynoun [ C usually singular ]

uk/ˈfɔːl ˌɡaɪ/us/ˈfɑːl ˌɡaɪ/informal

a person who is falsely blamed for something that has gone wrong, or for a crime that they have not committed:

The governor was looking for a fall guy to take the blame for the corruption scandal.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Blaming & accusing

  • a bad workman blames his tools idiom
  • accusatory
  • accusing
  • allegation
  • attribute
  • attribution
  • carry
  • chalk sth up
  • condemnation
  • contributory negligence
  • face the music idiom
  • finger
  • finger-pointing
  • frame
  • hang
  • indictment
  • opprobrium
  • recrimination
  • stitch sb up
  • thank sb for sth idiom

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fall guynoun [ C ]

us/ˈfɔl ˌɡɑɪ/infml

a person who is blamed for something bad when others who were also responsible are not blamed:

The cops made him the fall guy, even after they knew he was innocent.

fall guynoun [ C ]

ukusinformal

someone who other people blame for something bad that happens, even though he or she was not the only person responsible for it:

Inevitably, one of the junior executives was picked to be the fall guy.
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