blame

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 the blame for my mistake)

6) the blame falls on smb.

II

v.

1) to blame unfairly, unjustly

2) (D; tr.) to blame for (they blamed her for the accident)

3) (d; tr.) to blame on (they blamed the accident on her)

4) to be to blame for (I am not to blame for the mistake)

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[bleɪm]

assign

attribute (the) blame to smb.

bear

fix the blame

place

put the blame on smb.

to lay the blame at smb. 's door

unjustly

take the blame for (she took the blame for my mistake)

the blame falls on smb.

to ascribe

to assess

to assume

to lay

to blameunfairly

to be to blame for (I am not to blame for the mistake)

to shift the blame to smb. (else)

(D;tr.) to blame for (they blamed her for the accident)

(d; tr.) to blame on (they blamed the accident on her)