FALL GUY


Meaning of FALL GUY in English

noun

1. : one who assumes or on whom is placed the blame or responsibility : one who takes the rap : scapegoat

public officials use the correctional institution as a fall guy for their own apathy, inertia, and ignorance — C.W.Leonard

becoming the fall guy for the ring which operated the houses of prostitution in that district — R.M.Lindner

2. : one that is made the victim of a swindle or deception : one that is easily gulled or victimized

his friends were laughing at him … had he been marked early for a fall guy — Irving Stone

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