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Idioms and Phrases
Receive acknowledgment or praise for some accomplishment, as in Bill got all the credit for attracting a big audience . Similarly, give credit for means “acknowledge” or “praise,” as in We should give the pianist credit for her work in the program . [Mid-1700s]Example Sentences
“I get credit for losing. I always say, ‘What if we had lost to Houston in six?’
Like my dad’s young neighbor, the arsonist wants to get credit for being the firefighter.
Jones battled for 103 balls and should get credit for taking the game as deep as she did when the wickets fell around her, but that does not take away from the fact that, as the senior batter, the mismanagement of the situation when batting with the tail was extremely costly.
Does he ever get credit for steering the country calmly through the nonevents, if you will, of Jan. 5 and Jan. 7?
The coach submitted an inquiry, which asks judges to ensure gymnasts get credit for all of their skills by checking for the required body shapes or the necessary revolutions on their turns.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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