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
SebestyÉN	-	Hungarian
Martta	MAHRT-tah	Finnish
Sophie	so-FEE (French), SO-fee (English), ZO-fee (German)	French, English, German, Dutch
Gage	[geidʒ]
Cheryl	SHER-əl, CHER-əl	English
Ruperto	roo-PER-to	Spanish