to be to blame for something

  • 21blame — I UK [bleɪm] / US verb [transitive] Word forms blame : present tense I/you/we/they blame he/she/it blames present participle blaming past tense blamed past participle blamed *** to say or think that someone or something is responsible for an… …

    English dictionary

  • 22blame — blame1 [ bleım ] verb transitive *** to say or think that someone or something is responsible for an accident, problem, or bad situation: If it all goes wrong, don t blame me. Crime is a complex issue we can t simply blame poverty and… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 23blame — 1. noun /bleɪm/ a) Censure. Blame came from all directions. b) Culpability for something negative or undesirable. The blame for starting the fire lies with the arsonist. 2. verb /bleɪm/ …

    Wiktionary

  • 24blame*/*/ — [bleɪm] verb [T] I to say or think that someone or something is responsible for an accident, problem, or bad situation If it all goes wrong, don t blame me.[/ex] The hospital has launched an inquiry to find out who was to blame for the… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 25blame — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun VERB + BLAME ▪ get ▪ My brother broke the window, but I got the blame. ▪ accept, bear, shoulder, take ▪ The compan …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 26blame — blamer, n. /blaym/, v., blamed, blaming, n. v.t. 1. to hold responsible; find fault with; censure: I don t blame you for leaving him. 2. to place the responsibility for (a fault, error, etc.) (usually fol. by on): I blame the accident on her. 3.… …

    Universalium

  • 27blame — v. & n. v.tr. 1 assign fault or responsibility to. 2 (foll. by on) assign the responsibility for (an error or wrong) to a person etc. (blamed his death on a poor diet). n. 1 responsibility for a bad result; culpability (shared the blame equally;… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 28blame — I. transitive verb (blamed; blaming) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French blamer, blasmer, from Late Latin blasphemare to blaspheme, from Greek blasphēmein Date: 13th century 1. to find fault with ; censure < the right to praise or blame&#8230; …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 29Something About Amelia — Infobox Film name = Something About Amelia caption = director = Randa Haines producer = Leonard J. Goldberg Michele Rappaport writer = William Hanley narrator = starring = Ted Danson Glenn Close Missy Francis Roxana Zal music = Mark Snow&#8230; …

    Wikipedia

  • 30Something For Everybody — Альбом Элвиса Пресли Дата выпуска 17 июня 1961 За …

    Википедия