hang sth on sb
informal — phrasal verb with hang /hæŋ/ verbDefinition
› 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!Blaming and accusing
(Definition of hang sth on sb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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