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.
See also: credit, take

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Yezekael-Breton
Besnik-Albanian
Rhodes[rəudz]
TheaTE-ah (German), THEE-ə (English)German, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, English
IndigoIN-di-goEnglish (Rare)
Grimes[graimz]