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lays something at the feet of

lays something at the feet of is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lay something at the feet of.

Meaning of lay something at the feet of

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)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To assign responsibility for (something) to (someone).
    • How much of our current agricultural policy can we lay at the feet of the Iowa caucuses?2009 Mar/Apr, Clara Jeffery, “Michael Pollan fixes dinner”, in Mother Jones, volume 34, number 2, page 32

Questions about lays something at the feet of

What is lays something at the feet of the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Lays something at the feet of is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lay something at the feet of.

Words near lays something at the feet of in the dictionary

  1. lays rubber
  2. lays salt on someone's tail
  3. lays siege
  4. lays some skin on
  5. lays something at the door of
  6. lays something at the feet of
  7. lays store by
  8. lays the dust
  9. lays the groundwork
  10. lays the hammer down
  11. lays the smack down

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lays something at the feet of (page history and authors); lay something at the feet of (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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