Vault seed record

Take responsibility collocation

A good manager should ___ responsibility when something goes wrong.

Classification

reviewed-seedapprovedvocabulary-collocation-depthcollocation-choicechoice-distractorB1Vocabulary

Provenance

Kind: human-authored

Source: vocabulary-depth-anchor-pack

Batch: vocab-collocation-001

Reviewer: content-lead

Updated: 2026-05-20

Instruction and answer

Instruction

Choose the natural phrase.

Correct answer

take

Explanation

The phrase is 'take responsibility'. It means accept responsibility for the situation or result.

Product use

Surfaces

testdailyfriend-challenge

Source languages

globalrues

Difficulty

medium

Conversion hook

The item feels useful because the phrase is professionally loaded.

Review payload

Review notes

Business-friendly collocation seed.

Media prompt

No media prompt attached.

Assets

collocation-pairsworkplace-email-situations

Source traps

global-collocation-transfer

Tags

collocationsbusiness-englishleadership

Usage

Tests: collocations, business-english, native-sounding

Funnels: none

Challenges: take-responsibility-trap

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    },
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    },
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      "id": "hold",
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    }
  ]
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