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to take the rap

Polish translation: zebrać cięgi / dostać po uszach

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English term or phrase:to take the rap
Polish translation:zebrać cięgi / dostać po uszach
Entered by: lim0nka

23:55 Dec 16, 2003
English to Polish translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial
English term or phrase: to take the rap
zostać ukaranym? ponosic winę za coś? obwiniać się?

e.g the company won't take the rap alone, because the others are also to blame
bersiu
Poland
Local time: 22:42
zebrać cięgi
Explanation:
PWN/Oxford

to get a ~ over or on the knuckles => dostać po uszach
to take the ~ infml => zebrać cięgi (infml fig) (for sth za coś)
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lim0nka
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:42
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4 +3zebrać cięgi
lim0nka
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
definition


Explanation:
take the rap, Slang. to take the blame and punishment for a crime committed by another: He took the rap for the burglary.[Random House]
go work on it

pidzej
Poland
Local time: 22:42
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in pair: 1081
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
zebrać cięgi


Explanation:
PWN/Oxford

to get a ~ over or on the knuckles => dostać po uszach
to take the ~ infml => zebrać cięgi (infml fig) (for sth za coś)

lim0nka
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:42
Native speaker of: Polish
PRO pts in pair: 3581

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Monika Sojka
7 hrs
agree  bartek
9 hrs
agree  Ewa Nowicka
15 hrs
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