shift onto

Frequency: 7.011.0 per million words

to move blame, responsibility, or focus to someone/something else

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Examples (10)

  • It's unfair to shift all the blame onto the new intern.
  • The company decided to shift its focus onto emerging markets.
  • He tried to shift the responsibility onto his colleagues.
  • Don't shift your problems onto me; I have enough of my own.
  • The politician attempted to shift the public's attention onto a different issue.
  • We need to shift our strategy onto a more sustainable model.
  • She felt pressured to shift the burden onto someone else.
  • The coach had to shift the team's training regimen onto a new, more intense schedule.
  • It's easy to shift blame onto external factors rather than take accountability.
  • The discussion began to shift onto more personal topics.