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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