Usually means: Assume responsibility for a failure.
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  1. carry the can: Merriam-Webster
  2. carry the can: Collins English Dictionary
  3. carry-the can: Vocabulary.com
  4. carry the can: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. carry the can: Wiktionary
  6. carry-the can, carry the can: Dictionary.com
  7. carry-the can: Rhymezone
  8. carry-the can: FreeDictionary.org
  9. carry-the can: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. carry-the can: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. Carry the can: World Wide Words

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  1. carry the can: Idioms

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  1. carry the can: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

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▸ verb:  (British, Canada, idiomatic) To take responsibility, especially in a challenging situation.

Similar:
take on, take it upon oneself, carry one's own weight, take responsibility, carry the mantle, carry, carry one's weight, shoulder, take upon oneself, be a man, more...

Opposite:
shift blame, pass buck

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Similar:
take on, take it upon oneself, carry one's own weight, take responsibility, carry the mantle, carry, carry one's weight, shoulder, take upon oneself, be a man, more...

Opposite:
shift blame, pass buck



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