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lay the blame on

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lay the blame on someone/something

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 someone's door

See also: blame, lay

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Strike a light, one of you, and lay the blame on me if Miss Ladd finds us out. I Say No by Collins, Wilkie View in context But the matter- of-fact young telephonists agreed to lay the blame on "induction"--a hazy word which usually meant the natural meddlesomeness of electricity. The History of the Telephone by Casson, Herbert N. View in context More results

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lay low
lay of the land
lay off
lay on
lay open
lay out
lay over

lay the blame on
lay the ghost of
lay to rest
lay up
lay waste
lay/put cards on the table
lay/put on the line
lay/set eyes on

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