take credit

Frequency: 8.017.6 per million words

to accept praise for something, sometimes undeservedly

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Examples (10)

  • He's always trying to take credit for work he didn't do.
  • The manager took all the credit for the team's successful project.
  • You should take credit for your brilliant ideas; don't be so modest.
  • Why does she always take credit when it was a group effort?
  • I've never taken credit for someone else's achievements.
  • I can't take credit for this; my colleague did most of the work.
  • Taking credit for others' contributions is unethical in a professional environment.
  • If you take credit for the success, you must also accept the blame for any failures.
  • He was unfairly taking credit for the discovery while his partner remained silent.
  • It's wrong to take credit for something you found on the internet.