fall guy in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for fall guy in the English»French Dictionary

See also guyrope, Bonfire Night

I.fall [Brit fɔːl, Am fɔl] N

III.fall <pret fell, pp fallen> [Brit fɔːl, Am fɔl] VB intr

1. fall (come down):

9. fall ground → fall away

See also fall away

fall guy in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for fall guy in the English»French Dictionary

II.fall <fell, fallen> [fɔ:l] N

III.fall <fell, fallen> [fɔ:l] ADJ Am (of autumn)

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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
The phrase fall guy here refers, apparently, to a sucker who makes bets at bad odds.
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However, four slightly different usages for fall guy survive and their origins are probably different.
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We're naturally -- and perhaps wisely -- suspicious of things that are new, which means technology often becomes the fall guy.
motherboard.vice.com
The initial reaction from the government was to just make the driver a fall guy.
www.firstpost.com
I'm happy to be the fall guy for the shenanigans.
www.gizmodo.com.au
To their credit, they wanted a fast black driver, not just a fall guy to look foolish.
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Yet now he finds himself the fall guy, negating the very argument that divisions and tensions have been buried for good.
www.insideworldfootball.com
Her co-star, looking bloated and inert, appears to have settled into the role of the fall guy rather than even attempt to be an active participant.
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