fall on one's sword (English, verb)
expansion: fall on one's sword (third-person singular simple present falls on one's sword, present participle falling on one's sword, simple past fell on one's sword, past participle fallen on one's sword)
Senses:
glosses: To resign from a job or other position of responsibility, especially when pressured to do so.
tags: broadly
idiomatic
glosses: To voluntarily take the blame for a situation.
tags: idiomatic
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: To commit suicide by allowing one’s body to drop onto the point of one's sword.
Forms:
form: falls on one's sword
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: falling on one's sword
tags: participle
present
form: fell on one's sword
tags: past
form: fallen on one's sword
tags: participle
past