home/glossary/carry-the can

carry-the can

verbid 5746·updated Jun 3, 2026
candidate

to accept the unpleasant consequences of one's actions

MWE

Classifications

Cognitive

40%llm-generatedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1

Responsibility

Unclassifiedauthoritativetrigger_default_value

Automation

Unclassifiedauthoritativetrigger_default_value

Variants

synonym
face the music
pasttense
carry-thed can
presentparticiple
carry-thing can
thirdpersonsingular
carry-thes can
pastparticiple
carry-thed can

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
§1
to accept the unpleasant consequences of one's actions

Outgoing relationships

No outgoing triples
This term is not the subject of any RDF-style relationship yet.

Incoming relationships

No incoming triples
No other term currently asserts a relationship to this one.