take credit

English

Alternative forms

• take the credit

Verb

take credit (third-person singular simple present takes credit, present participle taking credit, simple past took credit, past participle taken credit)

1. (transitive with for) To accept or acknowledge approval, praise, recognition for something, regardless of its merit or worthiness.

   take all the credit

Translations

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See also

• claim for oneself
• lay claim to
• vindicate
• give credit where credit is due

Further reading

• “take the credit”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.