"lie at one's door" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: lies at one's door [present, singular, third-person], lying at one's door [participle, present], lay at one's door [past], lain at one's door [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|lie<,,lay,lain> at one's door}} lie at one's door (third-person singular simple present lies at one's door, present participle lying at one's door, simple past lay at one's door, past participle lain at one's door)
  1. To be directly imputable to one; to be one's own fault.
    Sense id: en-lie_at_one's_door-en-verb-TbvlFYv4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
     
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        "To be directly imputable to one; to be one's own fault."
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        "To be directly imputable to one; to be one's own fault."
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