take the shame

Definition

Slang

• verb to accept the blame (publicly and/or wholeheartedly) or face the criticism of one’s peers. A key phrase in the playground vocabulary of London teenagers since the later 1970s. The concept is from black speech; ‘shamed-up’ is another derivation from the same source.

Nearby Definitions of “take the shame”

• take down
• take in
• take-off
• take-out
• take over
• take the shame
• take up
• takeaway
• takedown
• takeover
• talawa kabab

Contexts for “take the shame”

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