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passed the buck

verb as in pass responsibility on to another

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It claims Cameron “passed the buck” by failing to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the last-minute pardons of violent criminals and others by Bevin before he left office following his electoral loss to Beshear in 2019.

So I was not surprised when I originally contacted United and a spokeswoman promptly passed the buck.

Mr. Sullivan also gave a frank assessment of Twitter’s weaknesses, saying that the company had failed to hang on to new users and employees had passed the buck on fixing tough problems.

“Your sales team has continually passed the buck to each of us, in order to hide their own ability to properly support our shows,” the letter says.

Instead, Congress has again passed the buck rather than the bill.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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