"lay something at the feet of" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-lay something at the feet of.ogg [Australia] Forms: lays something at the feet of [present, singular, third-person], laying something at the feet of [participle, present], laid something at the feet of [participle, past], laid something at the feet of [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|lay<,,laid> something at the feet of}} lay something at the feet of (third-person singular simple present lays something at the feet of, present participle laying something at the feet of, simple past and past participle laid something at the feet of)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To assign responsibility for (something) to (someone). Tags: idiomatic, transitive Translations (to assign responsibility for (something) to (someone)): պատասխանատվությունը դնել (patasxanatvutʿyunə dnel) (Armenian), վրան գցել (vran gcʿel) (Armenian), responsabilitzar (Catalan), endossar (english: to assign something annoying to someone) (Catalan), carregar el mort (english: to blame something on someone) (Catalan), 將責任交給某人 (Chinese Mandarin), 将责任交给某人 (jiāng zérèn jiāo gěi mǒurén) (Chinese Mandarin), kiittää (Finnish), accuser de (quelqu’un) (english: quelque chose) (French), in die Schuhe schieben (alt: die Schuld (für)) (German), przydzielać odpowiedzialność (alt: + komuś) [imperfective] (Polish), przydzielić odpowiedzialność [perfective, with-dative] (Polish), responsabilizar (Portuguese), возложи́ть отве́тственность (vozložítʹ otvétstvennostʹ) (Russian), responsabilizar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-lay_something_at_the_feet_of-en-verb-2UYA2d3h Categories (other): Armenian terms with redundant script codes, English entries with incorrect language header

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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to assign responsibility for (something) to (someone)",
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      "word": "将责任交给某人"
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      "sense": "to assign responsibility for (something) to (someone)",
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      "sense": "to assign responsibility for (something) to (someone)",
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      "sense": "to assign responsibility for (something) to (someone)",
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      "sense": "to assign responsibility for (something) to (someone)",
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      "sense": "to assign responsibility for (something) to (someone)",
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      "word": "przydzielić odpowiedzialność"
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      "sense": "to assign responsibility for (something) to (someone)",
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "to assign responsibility for (something) to (someone)",
      "word": "возложи́ть отве́тственность"
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