fall guy

fall guy
Synonyms and related words:
also-ran, babe, boob, booby, butt, chump, cinch, credulous person, cull, defeatee, duck, dupe, easy mark, easy pickings, fish, fool, game loser, goat, gobe-mouches, good loser, good sport, greener, greenhorn, greeny, gudgeon, gull, innocent, leadpipe cinch, loser, monkey, patsy, pigeon, plaything, prize sap, pushover, sap, saphead, scapegoat, schlemiel, sitting duck, sport, stooge, sucker, the vanquished, toy, trusting soul, underdog, victim, whipping boy

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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

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