blame for (something)
blame for (something)
To foist or assign responsibility or guilt for something on someone else (who can be mentioned between "blame" and "for"). 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!
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
*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!
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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.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- blame for
- blamed
- the blame for (something)
- blame on
- blame on (someone)
- leave (one) holding the bag
- leave holding the bag
- leave somebody holding the baby
- leave (one) holding the baby
- catch a tiger by the tail