Usually means: Assigning responsibility to avoid accountability.
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  1. blame game, the blame game: Merriam-Webster
  2. blame game: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. blame game: Vocabulary.com
  4. Blame-game, blame-game: Wordnik
  5. blame game: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. blame game: Wiktionary
  7. blame game: Dictionary.com
  8. Blame Game (Dallas), Blame Game (band), Blame Game, The Blame Game (American game show), The Blame Game (BBC), The Blame Game (British TV programme), The Blame Game (MTV), The Blame Game (radio): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. blame game: FreeDictionary.org
  10. blame game: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. blame game: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Blame Game: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (blame game)

▸ noun:  (informal, idiomatic) A situation in which people attempt to blame others rather than trying to resolve a problem.

Similar:
blameshifting, blamestorm, fault, finger-pointing, blame, buck-passing, scapegoating, victimage, victim-blaming, fall, more...

Opposite:
accountability, responsibility, ownership

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Similar:
blameshifting, blamestorm, fault, finger-pointing, blame, buck-passing, scapegoating, victimage, victim-blaming, fall, more...

Opposite:
accountability, responsibility, ownership



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