take the spear
take the spear (in one's chest)
Sl. to accept full blame for something; to accept the full brunt of the punishment for something. The CFO got the short straw and had to take the spear in his chest. I sure didn't want to take the spear.
See also: spear, take
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
take the spear
verbSee take the spear in one’s chest
See also: spear, take
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- take the spear in one’s chest
- see the light
- see the light, to
- receive (one) into (something or some place)
- receive into
- received
- be (one's) own man/woman/person
- be your own man
- be your own man/woman
- own person, be one's