Words for Taking the Blame

Etwas auf seine eigene Kappe nehmen — to take something onto one’s own cap. It means to accept responsibility or liability for it.

Das geht auf meine Kappe — that goes on my cap. The everyday way to say that a mistake was yours.

Den Kopf hinhalten — to hold out one’s head. To take the blame, often for something others did.

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