Usually means: Accept blame on someone's behalf.
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  1. take the fall: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. take the fall: Collins English Dictionary
  3. take the fall: Wiktionary
  4. take the fall: Dictionary.com

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  1. take the fall: Idioms

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  1. take the fall: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (take the fall)

verb:  (idiomatic, informal, sports, especially boxing) To willingly lose a match, as in a fixed fight.
verb:  (idiomatic, informal) To bear the blame or punishment for another person's failure or misdeed, either intentionally or not.

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