FATHER (SOMETHING) ON (SOMEBODY)


Meaning of FATHER (SOMETHING) ON (SOMEBODY) in English

father something on somebody phrasal verb British English ( see also ↑ father )

formal to claim that someone is responsible for something when they are not:

A collection of Irish stories was fathered on him.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.