Blame hothead for taking vintage dress coat from Dracula (4,2,7)
I believe the answer is:
hold to account
'blame hothead for' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'vintage dress coat from dracula' is the wordplay.
'vintage' becomes 'hold' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'dress' indicates an anagram.
'from' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'dracula' becomes 'count'.
'coat' is an anagram of 'toac'.
'hold'+'toac'+'count'='HOLD TO ACCOUNT'
'taking' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for hold to account that I've seen is " Deem (someone) responsible".)