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blame (someone or something) for (something)

To foist or assign responsibility or guilt for something on someone or something. My partner had been cooking the books for years, but because I was the CEO, I was blamed for our company's collapse. Don't blame me for your unhappiness—I told you not to take that job! The athlete blamed his faulty equipment for his poor performance during the game.
See also: blame, for

blame (something) on (someone or something)

To foist or assign responsibility or guilt for something on someone or something. My partner had been cooking the books for years, but because I was the CEO, our company's collapse was blamed on me. Don't blame your unhappiness on me—I told you not to take that job! The athlete blamed his poor performance during the game on faulty equipment.
See also: blame, on

blame the messenger

To get angry at or punish someone who is simply delivering bad or undesirable news, though they are not responsible for it. Used most commonly in the phrase "don't blame the messenger." I'm a news anchor—it is my job to report the news, even the bad stuff. But some people want to blame the messenger, as if I were the one who caused the bad news to begin with. A: "What do you mean I'm being sued by my ex-wife? I'll knock your lights out!" B: "Hey, I'm just here to deliver the subpoena. Don't blame the messenger!"
See also: blame, messenger
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'The President, Prime Minister, the former president and the politicians are blamed for the economic crisis but no one speaks of the wrong doings which Central Bank officials are involved in' he said.
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However, the fact that Americans have consistently blamed Obama's predecessor more than they blame him for the country's economic problems may explain why his overall job approval rating has consistently exceeded his economic approval rating as well as Americans' general satisfaction with the country.
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Stress was largely blamed for the soaring increase in sick leave by both officers and civilian staff.
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How is this civilised or fair - and then to add insult to tragedy the labourers themselves are blamed. I could not believe my eyes.
Unbelievable!
Yes, we put in additional precautions but how can you predict the current torrential down fall of rain - so much in such a short time, "It is not the council that should be blamed. It's an easy option to blame the local authority.
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THE Queen's jubilee was yesterday blamed by the Bank of England for the recession.
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Nevertheless, public servants thinking about the degree to which they are personally responsible for the results of their actions or inactions (and therefore open to being blamed) should read The Blame Game because it would help them come to grips with the "blame avoidance" context within which they must work out this vexing question.
The Blame Game: Spin, Bureaucracy, and Self-Preservation in Government
* SIR - Your article in Country & Farming ("Flying predators being blamed for fall in numbers of other birds", September 27), with a nice photo of a red Kite and the caption "birds such as red Kites are pushing some birds to extinction", is wrong in that it blames red Kites for the demise of woodland birds.
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I was once in love with a man who blamed. He blamed someone for everything in his life that wasn't perfectly to his liking.
Ciao, Blame
The mam-of-four said the boys were blamed for things they hadn't done because they had a reputation.
My boys aren't that bad
If global warming predicts "a catastrophy of cold and hot, drought and flood", then can the great Australian droughts of the 19th century be blamed on global warming?
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The ethnic Albanian leaders should also be blamed because they kept quiet and were not more determined in their demands and for this reason they now seek the blame in others.
Break-up, second part
On his view, blame is not simply an evaluative attitude or an emotion; rather, when one blames another, one judges her blameworthy and, crucially, takes one's relationship with her to be impaired; one's attitudes towards the blamed person change.
T.M. Scanlon: Moral Dimensions: Permissibility, Meaning, Blame
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