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/bleɪm/- responsibility for an accident, problem, or bad situationblame for:
The police don’t deserve the blame for what happened to these children.
get the blame:Why do I always get the blame for everything?
take the blame (=accept that you are responsible):The management has to take part of the blame for recent failures.
put/lay the blame on someone:Citizens are laying the blame on the government for acting too late.
a culture of blame (=a tendency to blame people instead of trying to solve problems):We’re trying to get rid of the company’s culture of blame.
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