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*blame for something the responsibility of having done something wrong or caused something bad to happen. (*Typically: accept ~; bear ~; shoulder ~; take~.) I absolutely refuse to shoulder the blame for the entire fiasco! blame someone for something to hold someone responsible for something; to name someone as the cause of something. Please don't blame Jill for it. She blamed herself for everything that went wrong. blame something on someone to 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. lay the blame (for something) on someone Fig. to place the blame for something on someone. We could not possibly lay the blame for the accident on you. Don't try to lay the blame on me! See also: lay place the blame on someone or something (for something) to blame someone or something for something. Please don't try to place the blame on me for the accident. The insurance company placed the blame on the weather. See also: place put the blame on someone or something and lay the blame on someone or something; place the blame on someone or something to blame someone or something; to assign a bad outcome to someone or something. Don't put the blame on me. I didn't do it. We'll have to place the blame for the damage on the storm. See also: put take the blame (for doing something) to acknowledge that one is to blame for doing something. Do you really expect for me to take the blame for something I didn't do? See also: take A bad workman blames his tools. something that you say when someone blames the objects they are using for their own mistakes 'This oven burns everything.' 'You know what they say, a bad workman blames his tools.' lay the blame on somebody/something also lay the blame at somebody's door to say that someone or something is responsible The president seemed to lay the blame for the shootings on video games and TV shows. Related vocabulary: lay something at somebody's doorSee also: lay How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In his book, The Last Self-Help Book You'll Ever Need: Repress Your Anger, Think Negatively, Be a Good Blamer, and Throttle Your Inner Child (Basic Books; $14. Airman Blamer provided advice and close-air-support command and control during a six-month combat tour in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Both sides believe that bullies should act more responsibly; however, the blamers think that bullies can be forced to change, while persuaders think they can be persuaded to do so. |
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