fall guy

---

Noun

fall guy (plural fall guys)

1. One who is gullible and easily duped.

   Synonyms: patsy

2. Synonym of scapegoat#English|scapegoat

Synonyms

• (one who is gullible) See Thesaurus:dupe
• (scapegoat) See Thesaurus:scapegoat

Related terms

• taking the fall

Translations

• French: poire
• Russian: простофиля

Translations

• French: lampiste, pigeon
• Russian: козёл отпуще́ния
• Spanish: pagano

---

This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.003