- blame something on someone
- blame something on someoneto say that something is someone's fault; to place the guilt for something on someone. •
Don't blame it on me.
•I blamed it all on someone else.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
blame something on someone
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pin (something) on (someone) — to blame someone for something, especially something they did not do. The police tried to pin the murder on the dead woman s husband … New idioms dictionary
lay (something) on (someone) — to blame someone for something. Don t lay that on me! I wasn t even there when it happened … New idioms dictionary
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lay the blame for something at someone's door — lay the blame for (something) at someone s door : to blame someone for (something) They laid the blame for the book s failure at my door. • • • Main Entry: ↑door … Useful english dictionary
lay the blame for at someone's door — lay the blame for (something) at someone s door : to blame someone for (something) They laid the blame for the book s failure at my door. • • • Main Entry: ↑door … Useful english dictionary
blame — verb. 1. Two constructions are now standard: to blame someone for something and to blame something on someone. Gowers (1965) described the second as a needless variant, but such strictures are futile in the face of incontrovertible evidence of… … Modern English usage
lay (something) at (someone's) door — to blame someone for something bad that has happened. The blame for their deaths was laid firmly at the government s door … New idioms dictionary
pin something on someone — attach blame to someone … English contemporary dictionary
pin something on someone — idi Informal. to ascribe the blame or guilt for something to a person … From formal English to slang
blame — I UK [bleɪm] / US verb [transitive] Word forms blame : present tense I/you/we/they blame he/she/it blames present participle blaming past tense blamed past participle blamed *** to say or think that someone or something is responsible for an… … English dictionary
lay something at someone's door — blame someone for something. → door … English new terms dictionary
