hang sth on sb
informal— phrasal verb with hang uk/hæŋ/us/hæŋ/verb
to blame someone for something, especially something they did not do:
I wasn't anywhere near the house when the window was broken, so you can't hang that on me!
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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