- fall guy
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noun
Date: 1904
scapegoat <a fall guy for his boss's errors>
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fall guy
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fall guy — ˈfall guy noun [countable] informal someone who is punished for someone else s mistakes: • Like many fall guys, he was a loyal manager who was hardly the only person to blame for his employer s troubles. * * * fall guy UK US noun [C] INFORMAL ►… … Financial and business terms
fall guy — fall guys N COUNT If someone is the fall guy, they are blamed for something which they did not do or which is not their fault. [INFORMAL] He claims he was made the fall guy for the affair. Syn: scapegoat … English dictionary
fall guy — n informal especially AmE 1.) someone who is punished for someone else s crime or mistake = ↑scapegoat ▪ Browne claims that the company was simply looking for a fall guy. 2.) someone who is easily tricked or made to seem stupid … Dictionary of contemporary English
fall guy — fall ,guy noun count INFORMAL someone who is blamed or punished for something bad that someone else has done: SCAPEGOAT … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
fall guy — fall′ guy n. Slang. 1) sts an easy victim 2) sts a scapegoat • Etymology: 1905–10, amer … From formal English to slang
fall guy — [n] scapegoat chopping block, dupe, patsy, pigeon, sacrifice, sap, schmuck, stooge, sucker, victim, whipping boy; concept 412 … New thesaurus
fall guy — ► NOUN informal ▪ a scapegoat … English terms dictionary
fall guy — ☆ fall guy n. Slang a person made the victim, or left to face the consequences, of a scheme that has miscarried … English World dictionary
Fall guy — A fall guy is a person used as a scapegoat to take the blame for someone else s actions, or someone at the butt of jokes. One placed in the position of fall guy is often referred to as taking the fall . In the film industry, a fall guy is a form… … Wikipedia
fall guy — noun a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of • Syn: ↑chump, ↑fool, ↑gull, ↑mark, ↑patsy, ↑sucker, ↑soft touch, ↑mug • Derivationally related forms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
fall guy — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms fall guy : singular fall guy plural fall guys informal someone who is blamed or punished for something bad that someone else has done … English dictionary
