father on
father something on someone
Fig. to regard someone as the author or originator of something. Do not attempt to father that stupid idea on me! We fathered the whole plan on the president. And we learned later she had nothing to do with it.
See also: father, on
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- palm off, to
- keep an eye on, to
- bottom of it, at the/get to the
- dawn on (someone), to
- damn with faint praise, to
- (not) give a fig
- (not) care a fig
- fig
- catch (someone) with his pants down, to
- cross paths