take the credit

== English == === Alternative forms === take the credit === Verb === take credit (third-person singular simple present takes credit, present participle taking credit, simple past took credit, past participle taken credit) To accept or acknowledge approval, praise, recognition for something, regardless of its merit or worthiness. [with for] take all the credit ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== claim for oneself lay claim to vindicate give credit where credit is due === References === “take the credit”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “take credit”, in Collins English Dictionary. “take-credit-for”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.