phrasal verb · neutral
put the blame on
UK/pʊt ðə bleɪm ɒn/US/pʊt ðə bleɪm ɑn/put·the·BLAME·on
to accuse someone or something of responsibility for a fault or wrong
Examples
“Politicians often try to put the blame on previous administrations for current problems.”
“You can't put the blame on me for something you forgot to do.”
“Society tends to put the blame on single individuals rather than systemic failures.”
Band 8 sentence
“Rather than engaging with policy solutions, some commentators prefer to put the blame on immigrants for economic problems.”
Collocations
- put the blame on someone
- wrongly put the blame on
Word family
Common mistakes
blame someone for→put the blame on someone
put blame to→put the blame on
Say it for a higher band
5blame→6accuse→7+put the blame on
Synonyms
blame
accuse
Easily confused
accuse
“They accused him of stealing the money.”
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