take one for the team (English, verb)
expansion: 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)
Senses:
glosses: To accept some chore, hardship, or punishment for the sake of one's friends or colleagues.
tags: idiomatic
informal
Forms:
form: takes one for the team
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: taking one for the team
tags: participle
present
form: took one for the team
tags: past
form: taken one for the team
tags: participle
past