pin sth on sb
also hang sth on sb— phrasal verb with pin uk/pɪn/us/pɪn/verb -nn-
to blame someone for something, especially for something they did not do:
You can't pin the blame on her - she wasn't even there when the accident happened.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Blaming & accusing
- a bad workman blames his tools idiom
- accusation
- accusatory
- accusing
- allegation
- attribute
- attribution
- carry
- chalk sth up
- charge
- contributory negligence
- face the music idiom
- finger-pointing
- frame
- hang
- haul sb up
- indictment
- opprobrium
- recrimination
- stitch sb up
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