responsibility for a fault or wrong:his players had to take the blame for the defeatthey are trying to put the blame on us
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feel or declare that (someone or something) is responsible for a fault or wrong:the inquiry blamed the train driver for the accident
(blame something on) assign the responsibility for a bad or unfortunate situation or phenomenon to (someone or something):they blame youth crime on unemployment
be to blame
be responsible for a fault or wrong:he was to blame for their deaths
I don't (or can't) blame you (or her etc.)
used to indicate that one agrees that the action or attitude taken was reasonable:he was becoming impatient and I couldn’t blame him
have only oneself to blame
be solely responsible for a bad or unwelcome state of affairs:he really had only himself to blame
