pin the blame on
idiomatic phrase
: to assign (someone) the blame for something
When he got caught, he tried to pin the blame on someone else.
Eventually, researchers and governments did definitively pin the blame for that incident on the Russian government …—
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Meanwhile, Trump's nominee to head the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., lambasted high medical costs during his confirmation hearing, and seemed to pin the blame on government-run programs.
—Monica Potts, ABC News, 30 Jan. 2025
Healey has consistently pushed back against those critiques and instead pinned the blame on Congress and the federal government for inaction on immigration policy.
—Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 8 Feb. 2025
Unlike President Donald Trump, who attempted to pin the blame on diversity initiatives in the FAA and the pilots of the Black Hawk helicopter involved in the collision, both Moran and Marshall appeared focused on the administrative issues that may have contributed to the crash.
—Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2025
Lafferty pins the blame on the rash of killings that terrorized the Bay Area in the ‘70s on a certain someone.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
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Monica Potts, ABC News, 30 Jan. 2025
Healey has consistently pushed back against those critiques and instead pinned the blame on Congress and the federal government for inaction on immigration policy.
—Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 8 Feb. 2025
Unlike President Donald Trump, who attempted to pin the blame on diversity initiatives in the FAA and the pilots of the Black Hawk helicopter involved in the collision, both Moran and Marshall appeared focused on the administrative issues that may have contributed to the crash.
—Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2025
Lafferty pins the blame on the rash of killings that terrorized the Bay Area in the ‘70s on a certain someone.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Pin the blame on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pin%20the%20blame%20on. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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