carry the can

(British & Australian)

to take the blame or responsibility for something that is wrong or has not succeeded (often + for ) She suspected that she'd be left to carry the can for her boss's mistakes.

carry the can

Take responsibility or accept blame, as in Joan felt she was always carrying the can for her boss's errors. [Slang; second half of 1900s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
ÁSta	-	Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Marcos	MAHR-kos (Spanish), MAR-koos (Portuguese)	Spanish, Portuguese
Hayden	['heidən]
RadÚZ	RAH-doo:s	Czech
Bogomir	-	Slovene
Agnetha	ahng-NE-tah (Swedish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish