"pass the buck" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: pass the buck [canonical], passes the buck [third-person, singular], passed the buck [past], passed the buck [past, participle], passing the buck [present, participle]
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  1. If you pass the buck you give a job or responsibility that should be yours to someone else. This often means that a job is passed around so no one really does it.
    Sense id: simple-pass_the_buck-en-verb-klAbdJ5w Categories (other): Colloquial
     
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