Meaning

1 senses

  1. To blame another for one's own wrong-doing. Blameshifting can be caused by pointing the finger at another when trying to save one's own skin.

Origin

From blame + shift.

From blame + shift.

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Forms

blameshifts, blameshifting, blameshifted, blameshifted
Base formblameshift · to blameshift
3rd person singularblameshifts
Present participleblameshifting
Past simpleblameshifted
Past participleblameshifted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyblameshift
he, she, itblameshifts

Past simpleLesson

all personsblameshifted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave blameshifted
he, she, ithas blameshifted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill blameshift

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
blameA2blamelessblancblanchbland
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