Blame game
/bleɪm ɡeɪm/ noun, slang
noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A situation in which people attempt to blame others rather than trying to resolve a problem. idiomatic, informal
"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."
- 2 accusations exchanged among people who refuse to accept sole responsibility for some undesirable event wordnet
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More 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."