fall-guy

A form of fall guy — One who is gullible and easily duped.

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Meanings

nounfall-guy (plural fall-guys)

plural fall-guys

  1. alternativeAlternative form of fall guy.

    'He takes risks, especially when the potential fall-guy is someone else.

    2011, Phil Rickman, Curfew
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    Here, then, feminisation is an effect of both the sexual glamourisation the fall-guy undergoes and his systematic disempowerment.

    2005, Linda Ruth Williams, The Erotic Thriller in Contemporary Cinema, page 110

    About the time you boys get close to home they'll decide they need a fall-guy, and you'll be elected, Fred.

    2014, Erle Stanley Gardner, Murder Up My Sleeve
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APA

fall-guy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fall-guy

MLA

“fall-guy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fall-guy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fall-guy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fall-guy.

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