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put the blame on



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Idioms and Phrases

see under lay on , def. 3; put it to , def. 3.
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Barrientos called herself a victim, telling Times reporters that even though an employee had stolen money, “because I’m the employer, of course they put the blame on me.”

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Macias said environmental issues have contributed to long delays and put the blame on a “small group of individuals not wanting to see it completed.”

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“I will not accept anyone from my party, the Democratic Party or anyone from the campaign, to put the blame on us. The blame is on them. They created this dilemma. They made it difficult for people to go to the polls. They made it difficult for people to choose the Democratic nominee.”

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Rwanda has not denied this, but the country's leaders put the blame on the DR Congo for the current conflict.

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Brooks, Carville, and Emanuel—in these pieces and in other forums—tend to put the blame on woke, self-obsessed elites in “universities,” “affluent suburbs,” and “hipster urban cores,” to use Brooks’ words.

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