The fall guy may have been involved in the situation, but was not the person who should be blamed.

VOA: special.2010.02.21

Today,a fall guy is anyone who is tricked into taking the blame for the crime or wrongdoing of someone else.

VOA: special.2010.02.21

A fall guy is the person who someone decides will be the loser or victim.

VOA: special.2010.02.21

She says words and phrases like "guy" and "you know" now appear in research papers.

VOA: special.2010.01.28

Then in nineteen twenty-five, Guy Lowell,a relative of Percival, gained control of the observatory.

VOA: special.2010.07.11

An up-and-comer who's now a down- and-outer. Do you remember that scene in the back of the car with his brother Charlie a small time racket guy?

VOA: special.2009.11.30

ABBOTT: "Yes." COSTELLO: "I mean the fellow's name." ABBOTT: "Who." COSTELLO: "The guy on first." ABBOTT: "Who." COSTELLO: "The first baseman." ABBOTT: "Who." COSTELLO: "The first baseman." ABBOTT: "Who."

VOA: special.2009.03.09

He would agree to be the loser. the fall guy.

VOA: special.2010.02.21

"What protects the lady is when the FBI does their background check, and if this guy's got a criminal record he's not going to be allowed to bring a lady here."

VOA: special.2011.02.14

One such expression is fall guy.

VOA: special.2010.02.21

"We went to the hazmat safety classes, and you have one guy telling you you don't want to be in it.

VOA: standard.2010.05.06

"One of the farmers we've been working with from the very beginning is a guy named Rusty Lee."

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

"Yes," "And when I was looking at his music that he had done and re-looking at it, you say,wow this guy is deep.

VOA: standard.2009.06.28

"There was one guy who sat on the other side, on the right side of the wing,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.26