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Definition of fall guy noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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 synonym scapegoat
- He realized he’d been set up as the fall guy.
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