to put the blame on

  • 21blame — I n. 1) to ascribe, assign, attribute (the) blame to smb. 2) to lay, place, put the blame on smb.; to lay the blame at smb. s door 3) to assess; fix the blame 4) to shift the blame to smb. (else) 5) to assume, bear, take the blame for (she took… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 22blame — 1 /bleIm/ verb (T) 1 to say or think that someone or something is responsible for something bad: It s not fair to blame me it s not my fault we lost. | blame sb/sth for: Mom blamed herself for Danny s problems. | The report blames poor safety… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23blame — [[t]ble͟ɪm[/t]] ♦♦ blames, blaming, blamed 1) VERB If you blame a person or thing for something bad, you believe or say that they are responsible for it or that they caused it. [V n for n] The commission is expected to blame the army for many of… …

    English dictionary

  • 24blame — 01. My little sister always tries to [blame] me when she gets in trouble. 02. My new boss always looks to put the [blame] on someone when there s a problem instead of concentrating on working out a solution. 03. I don t [blame] Cleo for being mad …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 25blame — 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

  • 26put — 1. v. & n. v. (putting; past and past part. put) 1 tr. move to or cause to be in a specified place or position (put it in your pocket; put the children to bed; put your signature here). 2 tr. bring into a specified condition, relation, or state… …

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  • 27put — I. verb (put; putting) Etymology: Middle English putten; akin to Old English putung instigation, Middle Dutch poten to plant Date: 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to place in a specified position or relationship ; lay …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 28put — [[t]pʊt[/t]] v. put, put•ting, n. 1) to move (anything) into a specific location or position; place 2) to bring into some condition, relation, etc.: to put affairs in order[/ex] 3) to force to undergo something 4) to set to a duty, task, action,… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 29blame — /bleɪm / (say blaym) verb (t) (blamed, blaming) 1. to lay the responsibility of (a fault, error, etc.) on a person: I blame the accident on him. 2. to find fault with; censure: I blame you for that. 3. (as a humorous imperative or optative) US… …

  • 30put — verb (puts, putting; past and past participle put) 1》 move to or place in a particular position. 2》 bring into a particular state or condition: they tried to put me at ease.     ↘express in a particular way: to put it bluntly, he was not really… …

    English new terms dictionary