take the consequences
1take the consequences — To accept the (often unpleasant) results of one s actions • • • Main Entry: ↑consequence * * * accept responsibility for the negative results of one s action …
2take the consequences — accept the results of certain actions …
3take the consequences — to accept the (negative) results of some (risky or foolish) action …
4take the heat — verb To take the blame; to be the focus of anger or scrutiny; to take the consequences. If this decision turns out to be a bad one, Ill take the heat for it …
5take (or bear) the consequences — accept responsibility for negative results or effects. → consequence …
6suffer the consequences — to experience the effects of something you have said or done. The witness decided to tell the truth and suffer the consequences. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form take the consequences: Sometimes we have to take the consequences for our… …
7take the rap — (informal) BE PUNISHED, take the blame, suffer (the consequences), pay (the price). → rap * * * take the rap (slang) To take the blame or punishment, esp in place of another • • • Main Entry: ↑ …
8take the rap — informal why should I take the rap for what Clarence did? Syn: be punished, take the blame, suffer, suffer the consequences, pay, pay the price …
9bear the consequences — accept the results, take the effects …
10consequences — n. results 1) to have consequences for 2) to accept, bear, face, suffer, take the consequences 3) far reaching, fateful; grave, serious; inevitable; unforeseeable; unforeseen consequences * * * bear face fateful grave i …
