Idiom
take one for the team
Meaning
To accept some chore, hardship, or punishment for the sake of one's friends or colleagues.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I will take one for the team and clean the kitchen.”
“Since nobody else wanted to work the weekend shift, he decided to take one for the team.”
“By volunteering to handle the most difficult client, she chose to take one for the team so her colleagues could focus on the project deadline.”
Examples
simple
“I will take one for the team and clean the kitchen.”
contextual
“Since nobody else wanted to work the weekend shift, he decided to take one for the team.”
complex
“By volunteering to handle the most difficult client, she chose to take one for the team so her colleagues could focus on the project deadline.”
Origin
By analogy with a player making a sacrifice for the benefit of the sports team.
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