"lay at someone's door" meaning in English

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        "2": "lie at someone's door"
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  "etymology_text": "Alludes to someone laying incriminating evidence at the door of a guilty person, perhaps during the night. Compare lie at someone's door.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lays at someone's door",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laying at someone's door",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "laid at someone's door",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "laid at someone's door",
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        "past"
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  "lang": "English",
  "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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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To blame (a problem) on someone; to hold someone responsible for (something)."
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        [
          "blame",
          "blame"
        ],
        [
          "problem",
          "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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        {
          "word": "at someone's door"
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          "word": "lie at someone's door"
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  "word": "lay at someone's door"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Alludes to someone laying incriminating evidence at the door of a guilty person, perhaps during the night. Compare lie at someone's door.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lays at someone's door",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laying at someone's door",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laid at someone's door",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "laid at someone's door",
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        "past"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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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.",
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        }
      ],
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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",
          "problem"
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          "responsible",
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        "(transitive, idiomatic) To blame (a problem) on someone; to hold someone responsible for (something)."
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  "word": "lay at someone's door"
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