WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
fall guy′, [Slang.]
  1. Slang Termsan easy victim.
  2. Slang Termsa scapegoat.
  • 1905–10, American.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
fall guy
  1. a person who is the victim of a confidence trick
  2. a scapegoat
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