point the finger at in English

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      "form": "points the finger at",
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          "text": "It seems like everyone always tries to point the finger at somebody else.",
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        },
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          "text": "That is a serious accusation, so make sure you have plenty of evidence before you point the finger at someone.",
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          "text": "In terms of comparing rail with other transport modes, Dr Laurie Wright, senior lecturer at Solent University, tells RAIL: \"It is easy to point the finger at aviation and view rail as a low-carbon alternative. [...] You go somewhere, you burn fuel to get there, and people point fingers at you for it.",
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        "(transitive, idiomatic) To accuse or blame (someone)."
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to accuse or blame",
          "word": "osoittaa sormella"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to accuse or blame",
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          "word": "montrer du doigt"
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          "sense": "to accuse or blame",
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          "word": "pointer du doigt"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "daktylodeiktó",
          "sense": "to accuse or blame",
          "word": "δακτυλοδεικτώ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pokázyvatʹ pálʹcem",
          "sense": "to accuse or blame",
          "word": "пока́зывать па́льцем"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to accuse or blame",
          "word": "peka finger"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "vēletti cūpu",
          "sense": "to accuse or blame",
          "word": "వేలెత్తి చూపు"
        }
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    }
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  "word": "point the finger at"
}

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    {
      "form": "points the finger at",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pointing the finger at",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pointed the finger at",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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        "past"
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          "text": "It seems like everyone always tries to point the finger at somebody else.",
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        },
        {
          "text": "That is a serious accusation, so make sure you have plenty of evidence before you point the finger at someone.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 May 20, Paul Clifton, “A hydrogen solution to decarbonisation?”, in Rail, page 55",
          "text": "In terms of comparing rail with other transport modes, Dr Laurie Wright, senior lecturer at Solent University, tells RAIL: \"It is easy to point the finger at aviation and view rail as a low-carbon alternative. [...] You go somewhere, you burn fuel to get there, and people point fingers at you for it.",
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        }
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      ],
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to accuse or blame",
      "word": "osoittaa sormella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to accuse or blame",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "montrer du doigt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to accuse or blame",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pointer du doigt"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "daktylodeiktó",
      "sense": "to accuse or blame",
      "word": "δακτυλοδεικτώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pokázyvatʹ pálʹcem",
      "sense": "to accuse or blame",
      "word": "пока́зывать па́льцем"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to accuse or blame",
      "word": "peka finger"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "vēletti cūpu",
      "sense": "to accuse or blame",
      "word": "వేలెత్తి చూపు"
    }
  ],
  "word": "point the finger at"
}

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"point the finger at" meaning in English

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