"lay at someone's door" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: lays at someone's door [present, singular, third-person], laying at someone's door [participle, present], laid at someone's door [participle, past], laid at someone's door [past]
Etymology: Alludes to someone laying incriminating evidence at the door of a guilty person, perhaps during the night. Compare lie at someone's door. Head templates: {{en-verb|lay<,,laid> at someone's door}} lay at someone's door (third-person singular simple present lays at someone's door, present participle laying at someone's door, simple past and past participle laid at someone's door)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To blame (a problem) on someone; to hold someone responsible for (something). Tags: idiomatic, transitive Related terms: at someone's door, lie at someone's door
    Sense id: en-lay_at_someone's_door-en-verb-ZkZei~kO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry
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      },
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:",
          "text": "Conviction of sin held him like a vice: he saw the lassie's death laid at his door; her face haunted him by day and night, and the word of the Lord dirled in his ears, telling of wrath and punishment.",
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        "To blame (a problem) on someone; to hold someone responsible for (something)."
      ],
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        ],
        [
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          "problem"
        ],
        [
          "hold",
          "hold"
        ],
        [
          "responsible",
          "responsible"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive, idiomatic) To blame (a problem) on someone; to hold someone responsible for (something)."
      ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lays at someone's door",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
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      "form": "laying at someone's door",
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        "present"
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    },
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      ]
    },
    {
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      ]
    }
  ],
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        "English transitive verbs",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:",
          "text": "Conviction of sin held him like a vice: he saw the lassie's death laid at his door; her face haunted him by day and night, and the word of the Lord dirled in his ears, telling of wrath and punishment.",
          "type": "quote"
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      ],
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        "To blame (a problem) on someone; to hold someone responsible for (something)."
      ],
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          "blame"
        ],
        [
          "problem",
          "problem"
        ],
        [
          "hold",
          "hold"
        ],
        [
          "responsible",
          "responsible"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, idiomatic) To blame (a problem) on someone; to hold someone responsible for (something)."
      ],
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      ]
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}

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