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Phrase(s): *the blame for something
the responsibility of having done something wrong or caused something bad to happen. (*Typically: accept ~; bear ~; shoulder ~; take ~.) • I absolutely refuse to shoulder the blame for the entire fiasco!, Phrase(s): blame someone for something
to hold someone responsible for something; to name someone as the cause of something. • Please don’t blame Jill for it. • She blamed herself for everything that went wrong.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs