to lay the blame for
11lay — lay1 [ leı ] (past tense and past participle laid [ leıd ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 put down flat/carefully ▸ 2 push egg from body ▸ 3 plan and prepare ▸ 4 lie ▸ 5 prepare table for meal ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) transitive lay on/in/across/against to put something …
12lay — I [[t]le͟ɪ[/t]] VERB AND NOUN USES ♦♦ lays, laying, laid (In standard English, the form lay is also the past tense of the verb in some meanings. In informal English, people sometimes use the word lay instead of …
13lay — I UK [leɪ] / US verb Word forms lay : present tense I/you/we/they lay he/she/it lays present participle laying past tense laid UK [leɪd] / US past participle laid *** Collocations: Lay means to put something in a particular place or position: I… …
14The Cassandra Crossing — Infobox Film name = The Cassandra Crossing imdb id = 0074292 producer = Lew Grade director = George Pan Cosmatos writer = George Pan Cosmatos, Robert Katz starring = Ava Gardner Richard Harris Burt Lancaster Sophia Loren Martin Sheen O.J. Simpson …
15lay — lay1 [lā] vt. laid, laying [ME leyen, new formation < 3d pers. sing. of earlier leggen < OE lecgan, lit., to make lie (akin to Goth lagjan, Ger legen) < pt. base of OE licgan, to LIE1] 1. to cause to come down or fall with force; knock… …
16lay blame — (on sb/sth) ► to say that someone or something is responsible for something bad that happened: »You can t lay blame on the government for all your troubles. »When projects go wrong, everyone looks for somewhere to lay the blame. Main Entry: ↑lay …
17lay blame on sb — lay blame (on sb/sth) ► to say that someone or something is responsible for something bad that happened: »You can t lay blame on the government for all your troubles. »When projects go wrong, everyone looks for somewhere to lay the blame. Main… …
18lay blame on sb/sth — lay blame (on sb/sth) ► to say that someone or something is responsible for something bad that happened: »You can t lay blame on the government for all your troubles. »When projects go wrong, everyone looks for somewhere to lay the blame. Main… …
19lay blame on sth — lay blame (on sb/sth) ► to say that someone or something is responsible for something bad that happened: »You can t lay blame on the government for all your troubles. »When projects go wrong, everyone looks for somewhere to lay the blame. Main… …
20lay — Ⅰ. lay [1] ► VERB (past and past part. laid) 1) put down, especially gently or carefully. 2) put down and set in position for use. 3) assign or place: lay the blame. 4) (lay before) present (material) for consideration and action to …
