Meaning of blame game | Babel Free

Definitions

A situation in which people attempt to blame others rather than trying to resolve a problem.

idiomatic, informal

Examples

“She was, in addition, always extremely careful to share with the friends in her Support System her belief that it would be whiny and pathetic to play what she derisively called the "Blame Game" and blame her constant and indescribable adult pain on their parents' traumatic divorce or their cynical use of her.”

“The UK and France are “engaging in a blame game” over people making perilous Channel crossings in small boats, Labour has said, rather than sitting down together to try to work out a way to prevent more deaths.”

“A blame game is taking place between Network Rail and the Football Association regarding the closure of the West Coast Main Line over the Easter Bank Holiday, which coincides with an FA Cup semi-final taking place at Wembley Stadium on April 16.”

“The estimates of the cost of “Trussonomics” will intensify a bitter blame game now being played out at the top of the Tory party.”

“Political parties are ensnared in a blame game, with the ruling and opposition parties blaming each other. An audit will no doubt follow.”

“Devastated Democrats Play the Blame Game, and Stare at a Dark Future [title]”

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