lay at someone's door

lay at someone's door
lay at someone's door blame someone for.
Main Entry: door

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  • lay at someone's door — To blame someone for • • • Main Entry: ↑door …   Useful english dictionary

  • lay at someone's door — idi lay at someone s door, to hold someone accountable for …   From formal English to slang

  • lay something at someone's door — lay something at someone’s door phrase to say that someone is responsible for something bad that has happened Congressman Bain lays the cover up at the door of the armed forces. Thesaurus: to make a criticism or accusationsynonym Main entry: lay… …   Useful english dictionary

  • lay the blame for something at someone's door — lay the blame for (something) at someone s door : to blame someone for (something) They laid the blame for the book s failure at my door. • • • Main Entry: ↑door …   Useful english dictionary

  • lay the blame for at someone's door — lay the blame for (something) at someone s door : to blame someone for (something) They laid the blame for the book s failure at my door. • • • Main Entry: ↑door …   Useful english dictionary

  • lay (something) at (someone's) door — to blame someone for something bad that has happened. The blame for their deaths was laid firmly at the government s door …   New idioms dictionary

  • lay something at someone's door — blame someone for something. → door …   English new terms dictionary

  • lay something at someone's door — to say that someone is responsible for something bad that has happened Congressman Bain lays the cover up at the door of the armed forces …   English dictionary

  • door — ► NOUN 1) a movable barrier at the entrance to a building, room, or vehicle, or in the framework of a cupboard. 2) the distance from one building in a row to another: he lived two doors away. ● lay at someone s door Cf. ↑lay at someone s door ●… …   English terms dictionary

  • door — doorless, adj. /dawr, dohr/, n. 1. a movable, usually solid, barrier for opening and closing an entranceway, cupboard, cabinet, or the like, commonly turning on hinges or sliding in grooves. 2. a doorway: to go through the door. 3. the building,… …   Universalium

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