take one for the team

English

Etymology

By analogy with a player making a sacrifice for the benefit of the sports team.

Pronunciation

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Verb

take one for the team (third-person singular simple present takes one for the team, present participle taking one for the team, simple past took one for the team, past participle taken one for the team)

(idiomatic, informal) To accept some chore, hardship or punishment for the sake of one's friends or colleagues.

Translations

doing an unwelcome task instead of one's friends or colleagues

Danish: tage en for holdet

See also

there's no I in team

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