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idiomcatch/take/get (a lot of) flak/catch/take/get (a lot of) flackto be criticized, usually publicly, for something you have said or done :The company caught a lot of flak over the $554,000 'early retirement package' it gave to its co-founder when he left in June.So, you're saying I should let her take the flack for the mix up? I can't do that.Note Flak is the word for shells (=special bullets) fired from guns on the ground at aircraft in a war. The letters of the word come from the German word Fliegenabwehrkannonen which is the word for the guns these shells are fired from.
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