full credit for
idiom
: special attention or notice for having been the only cause of something good that happens
Party leaders took/claimed full credit for the country's progress.
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Perkins dodged personal publicity and gave Roosevelt full credit for the New Deal.
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Ronald G. Shafer Washington Post, Star Tribune, 21 Apr. 2021
But the senior outside hitter is hesitant to take full credit for his performance, which helped O'Connor finish 44-0.
—Drew Schott, The Arizona Republic, 14 May 2022
The revisionist history constantly put forward by the left is designed to ensure Ronald Reagan never gets full credit for his accomplishments.
—WSJ, 6 July 2020
Also note that a U.S. company, Chevron, is the only company in this group to get full credit for a Decarbonization Strategy.
—Robert G. Eccles, Forbes, 10 Aug. 2022
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Ronald G. Shafer Washington Post, Star Tribune, 21 Apr. 2021
But the senior outside hitter is hesitant to take full credit for his performance, which helped O'Connor finish 44-0.
—Drew Schott, The Arizona Republic, 14 May 2022
The revisionist history constantly put forward by the left is designed to ensure Ronald Reagan never gets full credit for his accomplishments.
—WSJ, 6 July 2020
Also note that a U.S. company, Chevron, is the only company in this group to get full credit for a Decarbonization Strategy.
—Robert G. Eccles, Forbes, 10 Aug. 2022
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