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Verb
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)
- (transitive, idiomatic) To assign responsibility for (something) to (someone).
2009 Mar/Apr, Clara Jeffery, “Michael Pollan fixes dinner”, in Mother Jones, volume 34, number 2, page 32:How much of our current agricultural policy can we lay at the feet of the Iowa caucuses?
2018, 'Disappointed': Too late for off-site pill testing at Spilt Milk, The Canberra Times:He did not lay the blame at the feet of the territory government, but rather conservative politicians that might have had a hand in convincing the federal government, and through it, the authority, to put a stop to the mooted trial.
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to assign responsibility for (something) to (someone)