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/Sounds like "pah" (as in "park") + "GAHR" (as in "garden") + "EHL" (as in "egg") + "PAH" (as in "park") + "toh" (as in "toll")/
To take the fall for something you didn't do. Whoever 'pays the duck' carries someone else's guilt without having deserved it, the classic innocent bystander who gets punished.
“Since I arrived late I ended up taking the blame for the mess that was already there.”
“The person least involved in the problem always ends up taking the fall.”
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To take the fall for something you didn't do. Whoever 'pays the duck' carries someone else's guilt without having deserved it, the classic innocent bystander who gets punished.
“Since I arrived late I ended up taking the blame for the mess that was already there.”
“The person least involved in the problem always ends up taking the fall.”
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