If or Once ... you have made ... I'd say.

I don't think so!


stand up for sth/sb phrasal verb (also stick up for sth/sb)
to defend or support a particular idea or a person who is being criticized or attacked
It's high time we all stood up for our rights around here.
[R] Don't be bullied, learn to stand up for yourself and what you believe in.

If you fail to meet your responsbility to your employer, you have to live with the consequences (or take it like a man, or take it on the chin).

I think "live with the consequences" is the most elegant and accurate translation. The others are less formal.

did not want you to comment on "when" or give me alternative phrases... all I wanted to know is whether "stand up" makes sense in this context. Does not seem to be the case... thx

'Fess up to' or 'stand up for' works for me. But whatdoiknow ...

'you have to take the rap for it'

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maybe "...you have to own up to it." (coll.)