English Explanatory Dictionary

shoot the messenger

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To blame a problem on whoever reported it; to hold somebody accountable for a problem because they brought attention to it.

Pronunciation

En-au-shoot the messenger.ogg

Word forms

shoot the messenger shoots the messenger shooting the messenger shot the messenger kill the messenger shoot the messenger boy
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