take one for the team

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By analogy with a player making a sacrifice for the benefit of the sports team.

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Danish: tage en for holdet — doing an unwelcome task instead of one's friends or colleagues
• Finnish: uhrautua — doing an unwelcome task instead of one's friends or colleagues
• French: se sacrifier — doing an unwelcome task instead of one's friends or colleagues
• French: se dévouer — doing an unwelcome task instead of one's friends or colleagues
• Polish: poświęcać się dla drużyny — doing an unwelcome task instead of one's friends or colleagues
• Polish: poświęcić się dla drużyny — doing an unwelcome task instead of one's friends or colleagues
• Russian: броса́ться на амбразу́ру (brosátʹsja na ambrazúru) — doing an unwelcome task instead of one's friends or colleagues
• Russian: бро́ситься на амбразу́ру (brósitʹsja na ambrazúru) — doing an unwelcome task instead of one's friends or colleagues
• Russian: вы́звать ого́нь на себя́ (výzvatʹ ogónʹ na sebjá) — doing an unwelcome task instead of one's friends or colleagues
• Russian: отдува́ться (otduvátʹsja) — doing an unwelcome task instead of one's friends or colleagues
• Spanish: hacerse una — doing an unwelcome task instead of one's friends or colleagues
• Spanish: vos mismo sos — doing an unwelcome task instead of one's friends or colleagues
• Spanish: ponerse la diez — doing an unwelcome task instead of one's friends or colleagues