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
Arnborg	-	Swedish (Rare)
Sabien	-	Dutch
Torrie	['tɔri]
Safi	-	Arabic
Mattin	-	Basque
Tera	TER-ə	English