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1 take the rap
expr sl1)The quarrel was not of his making but he had to take the rap — Он не был зачинщиком этой ссоры, но все шишки посыпались на него
I'd confess if I thought someone else was going to have to take the rap for what I had done — Я бы сознался, если бы знал, что кому-то другому попадет за то, что натворил я
They'd have paid you to take the rap — Они бы тебе заплатили, если бы ты захотел стать козлом отпущения
2)The old man took the rap for them both in an arson case — Старик взял всю вину на себя за них обоих в деле о поджоге
How can I take the rap for this crime if I wasn't even in town? — Зачем я буду брать на себя это дело, когда меня даже в городе не было?
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2 take the rap
жарг.понести наказание за преступление, совершённое другим лицом [первонач. амер.]Over there is Ruby Ruskin-he's a good fellow. He visits his old dad down in Joliet Penitentiary at least once a month. The old man took the rap for them both in an arson case. (S. Bellow, ‘The Adventures of Augie March’, ch. XXI) — Вон там Руби Раскин. Неплохой парень. Каждый месяц навещает старика отца, который сидит в Джольетской исправительной тюрьме. Отец один сел за решетку по делу о поджоге, хотя виноваты были оба.
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