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lay_something_at_the_feet_of
lay something at the feet of
English
Verb
lay (something) at the feet of
- (transitive, idiomatic) To assign responsibility for (something) to (someone).
- 2009 Mar/Apr, Clara Jeffery, “Michael Pollan fixes dinner”, in Mother Jones, volume 34, number 2, page 32:
- How much of our current agricultural policy can we lay at the feet of the Iowa caucuses?
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Translations
to assign responsibility for (something) to (someone)
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