fault : Idioms & Phrases

• adjective satellite deserving blame
  
  • admitted to being at fault

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• unable to find the scent and continue chase; hance, in trouble ot embarrassment, and unable to proceed; puzzled; thhrown off the track.

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• noun an inclined fault in which the hanging wall appears to have slipped downward relative to the footwall
  gravity fault; common fault.
  

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• noun a major open geological fault in Alaska
  

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• noun (tennis) two successive faults in serving resulting in the loss of the point
  

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• noun (geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface
  

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Fault"-find`er noun

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1. One who makes a practice off discovering others' faults and censuring them; a scold.

Webster 1913

Fault"-find`ing noun

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1. The act of finding fault or blaming; -- used derogatively. Also Adj.

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• verb harass with constant criticism
  blame; pick.
  
  • Don't always pick on your little brother

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• noun (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
  fault; break; faulting; fracture; shift.
  
  • they built it right over a geological fault
  • he studied the faulting of the earth's crust

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• noun an inclined fault in which the hanging wall appears to have slipped downward relative to the footwall
  gravity fault; common fault.
  

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• noun a geological fault in which one side is above the other
  

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• noun a system of automobile insurance where a party who is injured in an automobile accident recovers damages up to a specific amount against his own insurance company regardless of who was responsible for the accident
  no fault automobile insurance.
  
  • the amount of litigation resulting from minor accidents is reduced by no fault insurance

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• noun a system of automobile insurance where a party who is injured in an automobile accident recovers damages up to a specific amount against his own insurance company regardless of who was responsible for the accident
  no fault automobile insurance.
  
  • the amount of litigation resulting from minor accidents is reduced by no fault insurance

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• noun an inclined fault in which the hanging wall appears to have slipped downward relative to the footwall
  gravity fault; common fault.
  

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• noun a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression
  overthrust fault; reverse fault.
  

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Pick"-fault` noun

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1. One who seeks out faults.

Webster 1913

• noun a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression
  overthrust fault; reverse fault.
  

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• noun a major geological fault in California; runs from San Diego to San Francisco; the source of serious earthquakes
  

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• noun a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally
  

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• noun a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression
  overthrust fault; reverse fault.
  

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• adverb to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
  excessively; overly; too.
  
  • too big

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• to find reason for blaming or complaining; to express dissatisfaction; to complain; followed by with before the thing complained of; but formerly by at. "Matter to find fault at."

Webster 1913

• to blame; to censure.

Webster 1913