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Carry the can
verb
To take responsibility, especially in a challenging situation.
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Fashion continues to carry the can.
So who now should carry the can?
Who, then, should carry the can for this latest disappointment?
He wants to carry the can and duly shall.
Who will carry the can remains to be seen.
"He wanted Brexit – he gets to carry the can.
It is really a specific shade of red – scarlet – that must carry the can.
He has denied that he is ready "to carry the can".
Only the prime ministers, Blair and Brown, are seen to carry the can.
If there are problems with healthcare delivery in future, Sir David will carry the can.
The headmaster buggers off home and leaves me to carry the can.
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