attribute sth to sb/sth
— phrasal verb with attribute uk/əˈtrɪb.juːt/us/əˈtrɪb.juːt/verb
C2 to say or think that something is the result or work of something or someone else:
The doctors have attributed the cause of the illness to an unknown virus.
To what do you attribute this delay?
Most experts have attributed the drawing to Michelangelo.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Blaming & accusing
- a bad workman blames his tools idiom
- accusation
- accusatory
- accusing
- allegation
- attribute
- attribution
- carry
- chalk sth up
- charge
- contributory negligence
- face the music idiom
- finger-pointing
- frame
- hang
- haul sb up
- indictment
- opprobrium
- recrimination
- stitch sb up
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