take credit for

take credit for something

to allow people to believe that one has done something praiseworthy, whether or not one has actually done it. I can't take credit for the entire success. Toby helped a lot. Mary took credit for everything that Dave did.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Eusebius	yoo-SEE-bee-əs (English)	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Moses	MOZ-əs (English)	English, Jewish, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Maribel	-	Spanish
Meg	[meg]
Angel	AYN-jəl (English)	English, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Sandra	SAHN-drah (Italian, Dutch, Finnish), SAN-drə (English), ZAHN-drah (German)	Italian, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic,