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lay the blame on

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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: blame, lay

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 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.
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.
 
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