"carry the can" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "carries the can",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carrying the can",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carried the can",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carried the can",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "carry the can (third-person singular simple present carries the can, present participle carrying the can, simple past and past participle carried the can)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Canadian English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1998 April 25, Arati R. Jerath, \"18 partners hunt for one voice,\" Indian Express (Bombay) (retrieved 21 Oct 2008)",
          "text": "For Vajpayee, who is keen that he alone does not carry the can for his unwieldy alliance, it is a tough decision."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008 October 16, Adrian Hamilton, “Comment: I wouldn't get too carried away by success if I were Brown”, in The Independent, UK, retrieved 2008-10-21",
          "text": "You could reasonably argue that Brown himself should carry the can for much of the regulatory failure of the banks.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015 June 17, Rick Bell, “Alberta NDP government chooses not to kick province's oil industry when it's down”, in Calgary Sun, Canada, retrieved 2015-09-25",
          "text": "They're not going to play the patsy where they carry the can for all the woes caused by a tanking in oil prices that's already happened.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take responsibility, especially in a challenging situation."
      ],
      "id": "en-carry_the_can-en-verb-Yj1byAyH",
      "links": [
        [
          "take responsibility",
          "take responsibility"
        ],
        [
          "challenging",
          "challenging"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British, Canada, idiomatic) To take responsibility, especially in a challenging situation."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "carry the mail"
        },
        {
          "word": "kick at the can"
        },
        {
          "word": "kick the can down the road"
        },
        {
          "word": "bell the cat"
        },
        {
          "word": "take one for the team"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "take the rap"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "Canada",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "carry the can"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "carries the can",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carrying the can",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carried the can",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carried the can",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "*"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "carry the mail"
    },
    {
      "word": "kick at the can"
    },
    {
      "word": "kick the can down the road"
    },
    {
      "word": "bell the cat"
    },
    {
      "word": "take one for the team"
    }
  ],
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        "British English",
        "Canadian English",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1998 April 25, Arati R. Jerath, \"18 partners hunt for one voice,\" Indian Express (Bombay) (retrieved 21 Oct 2008)",
          "text": "For Vajpayee, who is keen that he alone does not carry the can for his unwieldy alliance, it is a tough decision."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008 October 16, Adrian Hamilton, “Comment: I wouldn't get too carried away by success if I were Brown”, in The Independent, UK, retrieved 2008-10-21",
          "text": "You could reasonably argue that Brown himself should carry the can for much of the regulatory failure of the banks.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015 June 17, Rick Bell, “Alberta NDP government chooses not to kick province's oil industry when it's down”, in Calgary Sun, Canada, retrieved 2015-09-25",
          "text": "They're not going to play the patsy where they carry the can for all the woes caused by a tanking in oil prices that's already happened.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take responsibility, especially in a challenging situation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "take responsibility",
          "take responsibility"
        ],
        [
          "challenging",
          "challenging"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British, Canada, idiomatic) To take responsibility, especially in a challenging situation."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "Canada",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "take the rap"
    }
  ],
  "word": "carry the can"
}