apportion blame

idiom

formal
: to say who should be blamed
Any attempt to apportion blame so many years after the incident is pointless.

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“Apportion blame.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apportion%20blame. Accessed 31 Mar. 2023.

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