blame
- fault
‘blame’ used as a verb
If you blame someone for something bad that has happened, you think that they made it happen.
Police blamed the bus driver for the accident.
Don't blame me!
You can blame something on someone.
Maya blames all her problems on her parents.
‘to blame’
If someone is to blame for something bad that has happened, they caused it.
I knew I was partly to blame for the failure of the project.
The study found that schools are not to blame for the laziness of their pupils.
‘fault’
Don't say that something is someone's ‘blame’. You say that it is their fault.
This was all Jack's fault.
It's not our fault if the machine breaks down.
‘at fault’
You can say that someone is at fault.
The other driver was at fault.
Be careful
Don't say that someone is ‘in fault’.
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Don't say that someone is ‘in fault’.