LAY THE BLAME AT ONE'S DOOR

Meaning of LAY THE BLAME AT ONE'S DOOR in English

v. phr. To say that another person or group is responsible for one's own failure. The angry coach laid the blame at the door of the players when our college lost the basketball game.

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LAY THE BLAME AT ONE'S DOOR — {v. phr.} To say that another person or group is responsible for one's own failure. * /The angry coach laid …
Slang English vocab
LAY THE BLAME AT ONE'S DOOR — {v. phr.} To say that another person or group is responsible for one's own failure. * /The angry coach laid …
Словарь английских идиом
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LAY — I. ˈlā verb ( laid ˈlād ; laid ; laying ; lays ) Etymology: Middle English leyen, leggen, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BLAME — I. ˈblām transitive verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English blamen, from Old French blamer, blasmer, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AT — I. ət, (ˈ)at, usu -d.+V preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English æt; akin to Old High German az at, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOOR — ˈdō(ə)r, -ȯ(ə)r, -ōə, -ȯ(ə) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English dor, from Old English, door, gate & Middle English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LAY — lay 1 /lay/ , v. , laid, laying , n. v.t. 1. to put or place in a horizontal position …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOOR — — doorless , adj. /dawr, dohr/ , n. 1. a movable, usually solid, barrier for opening and closing an entranceway, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BLAME — — blamer , n. /blaym/ , v. , blamed, blaming , n. v.t. 1. to hold responsible; find fault with; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LAY — I. ˈlā verb ( laid ˈlād ; lay·ing ) Etymology: Middle English leyen, from Old English lecgan; akin to Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BLAME — I. ˈblām transitive verb ( blamed ; blam·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French blamer, blasmer, from Late Latin blasphemare …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Webster English vocab
BLAME — v hurt; injury. 2. blame ·vt to bring reproach upon; to blemish. 3. blame ·v that which is deserving of …
Webster English vocab
AT — prep the relations of time, age, or order; as, at ten o'clock; at twenty-one; at once; at first. 2. at …
Webster English vocab
BLAME — [blame] vt blamed ; blam.ing [ME, fr. OF blamer, fr. LL blasphemare to blaspheme, fr. Gk blasphemein] (13c) 1: to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DOOR — barrier of wood, stone, metal, glass, paper, leaves, hides, or a combination of materials, installed to swing, fold, slide, or …
Britannica English vocabulary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOOR — / dɔː(r); NAmE / noun 1. a piece of wood, glass, etc. that is opened and closed so that people …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLAME — / bleɪm; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb [ vn ] blame sb/sth (for sth) | blame sth on …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BLAME — I. blame 1 S2 W3 /bleɪm/ BrE AmE verb [transitive] [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: blamer …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AT — at S1 W1 /ət; strong æt/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: æt ] 1 . used …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LAY — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. laid) 1 tr. place on a surface, esp. horizontally or in the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOOR — n. 1 a a hinged, sliding, or revolving barrier for closing and opening an entrance to a building, room, cupboard, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BLAME — v. & n. --v.tr. 1 assign fault or responsibility to. 2 (foll. by on) assign the responsibility for (an error …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LAY — v. & n. v. (past and past part. laid) 1 tr. place on a surface, esp. horizontally or in the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOOR — n. 1 a a hinged, sliding, or revolving barrier for closing and opening an entrance to a building, room, cupboard, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BLAME — v. & n. v.tr. 1 assign fault or responsibility to. 2 (foll. by on) assign the responsibility for (an error …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
LAY — 1. v. & n. --v. (past and past part. laid) 1. tr. place on a surface, esp. horizontally or in …
Oxford English vocab
DOOR — n.1 a a hinged, sliding, or revolving barrier for closing and opening an entrance to a building, room, cupboard, etc. …
Oxford English vocab
BLAME — v. & n. --v.tr. 1. assign fault or responsibility to. 2 (foll. by on) assign the responsibility for (an error …
Oxford English vocab
LAY — I. VERB AND NOUN USES /leɪ/ ( lays, laying, laid) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOOR — ( doors) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A door is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLAME — ( blames, blaming, blamed) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AT — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BLAME — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES apportion blame (= say who deserves to be blamed ) ▪ It’s not easy …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOOR — [noun] [C] - a flat, usually rectangular, object, often fixed at one edge, that is used to close the entrance …
Cambridge English vocab
BLAME — [noun] [U]Health officials put the blame for the disease on (= state that the reason for the disease is) poor …
Cambridge English vocab
BLAME — Synonyms and related words : account for, accountability, accounting for, accredit with, accrete to, accusal, accusation, accuse, accusing, acknowledge, allegation, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOOR — See: AT DEATH'S DOOR, AT ONE'S DOOR, CLOSED-DOOR, CLOSE ITS DOORS, CLOSE THE DOOR or BAR THE DOOR or SHUT …
Slang English vocab
BLAME — I. verb Synonyms: criticize , censure, condemn, denounce, denunciate, knock, rap, reprehend, reprobate, skin Related Word: accuse, charge; impute Idioms: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
BLAME — I. noun VERB + BLAME ▪ get ▪ My brother broke the window, but I got the ~. ▪ accept …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BLAME — INDEX: 1. to blame someone for something 2. to be blamed for something, especially unfairly 3. someone who is unfairly …
Longman Activator English vocab
BLAME — See ↑ BLAME 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ apportion blame • ↑ be to blame • ↑ get the blame/get blamed …
Longman Activator English vocab
LAY — n. 25B6; verb Curtis laid the newspaper on the table : PUT (DOWN), place, set (down), deposit, rest, situate, locate, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BLAME — n. 25B6; verb he always blames others : HOLD RESPONSIBLE, hold accountable, condemn, accuse, find/consider guilty, assign fault/liability/guilt to; archaic …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BLAME — v. 1 find fault with, censure, criticize, fault; accuse, charge, indict, condemn, point to, point (the finger) at, rebuke, reprimand, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
DOOR — See: AT DEATH'S DOOR, AT ONE'S DOOR, CLOSED-DOOR, CLOSE ITS DOORS, CLOSE THE DOOR or BAR THE DOOR or SHUT …
Словарь английских идиом
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
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