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Phrase(s): lay something at someone’s door [and] put something at someone’s door
1. Fig. to blame a problem on someone; to hold someone responsible for something. (Alludes to someone laying incriminating evidence at the door of a guilty person, perhaps in the night.) • I’m laying responsibility for this mess at your door! • Don’t put this at my door! 2. Fig. to give or assign a problem to someone for solving. • I am going to lay this problem right at your door. You are the one who can settle it. • I will put this business at your door and hope you can do something about it.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs