scapegoat
/ˈskeɪpˌɡoʊt/ verbo C2En español: usar de chivo expiatorio
- To unfairly blame or punish someone for some failure; to make a scapegoat of.
He/she/it scapegoats · Pasado scapegoated · Participio pasado scapegoated · Forma en -ing scapegoating
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- scapegoat
- He/she/it
- scapegoats
- Pasado
- scapegoated
- Participio pasado
- scapegoated
- Forma en -ing
- scapegoating
De la biblioteca
Phillips’s brief reforming energy was over; he didn’t want the bother of punishing a dozen pupils; but it was necessary to do something to save his word, so he looked about for a scapegoat and found it in Anne, who had dropped into her seat, gasping for breath, with a forgotten lily wreath hanging askew over one ear and giving her a particularly rakish and disheveled appearance.
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