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.