Collocation
take responsibility
to accept that you are the one who must deal with something or admit you are at fault
Definition
'take responsibility' is a common English collocation. to accept that you are the one who must deal with something or admit you are at fault
take + responsibility (+ for + noun/gerund)
“Please take responsibility for your actions.”
Examples
- He took responsibility for the broken window and offered to pay for it.
- If something goes wrong, the manager will take responsibility.
- She refused to take responsibility for the delay, even though she caused it.
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- The company must take responsibility for the damage it caused to the river.
- We need to take responsibility for improving customer service, not blame the software.
- After the investigation, the pilot had to take responsibility for ignoring the warning light.
- Rather than making excuses, he chose to take responsibility and fix the problem himself.
- No one wanted to take responsibility for the failed launch, so the meeting dragged on.
More verb + nouns
- make progress to improve or move forward toward a goal over time
- start work to begin working, especially at a job or on a task
- make money to earn money; to generate a profit or income
- make a request to ask formally for something, especially through an official process
- do business to conduct commercial activity; to buy, sell, or work with another company professionally