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fall guy

noun

🔊/ˈfɔːl ɡaɪ/

🔊/ˈfɔːl ɡaɪ/

(especially North American English)

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a person who is blamed or punished for something wrong that another person has done代人受过者；替罪羊 synonym scapegoat
- He realized he’d been set up as the fall guy.他意识到自己蒙冤成了替罪羊。