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blame
see also CRITICISM, INSULT - to say or think that sb/sth is responsible for sth bad: blame sb/sth (for sth), blame sth on sb/sth, put*/lay* the blame (for sth) on sb/sth As usual, I got blamed for starting the fight. ◎ You can't blame everything on the government. ◎ The police put the blame for the accident on the weather. - to think that you are responsible for sth bad: blame yourself (for sth) I blame myself for what happened. - responsibility for sth bad: fault (noun U) 'It's not my fault that they got lost.' 'Whose fault is it then?' ◎ It's nobody's fault. - when you have done sth wrong, you are to blame (for sth), guilty (of sth), responsible (for sth); nouns (U): guilt, responsibility No one is to blame. ◎ Who's responsible for this mess? ◎ There's no doubt about his guilt. ◎ Responsibility must lie with the government. - to be blamed for sth: take*/get* the blame (for sth) Why do I always have to take the blame? ◎ I shouldn't get the blame for something I didn't do. - the feeling you have when you know you have done sth wrong: guilt (noun U); adjective: guilty a terrible sense of guilt ◎ a guilty feeling - when sb has not done anything wrong, they are blameless, innocent I know she's entirely blameless. ※ MORE ... - a person who is made to take all the blame for sth, while others are not punished: scapegoat, (especially AmE fall guy) - when you are not sure if sb should be blamed and you prefer to believe that they may be innocent, you give* them the benefit of the doubt
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