Usually means: Shifting responsibility to someone else.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. pass the buck: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pass the buck: Merriam-Webster
  3. pass the buck, pass the buck: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. pass the buck: Collins English Dictionary
  5. pass the buck: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. pass the buck: Wiktionary
  7. pass the buck: Dictionary.com
  8. Pass the Buck (American game show), Pass the Buck (Australian game show), Pass the Buck (U.S. game show): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Pass the buck: Phrase Finder

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pass the buck: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pass the buck: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (pass the buck)

verb:  (idiomatic, informal) To transfer responsibility or blame from oneself onto another; to absolve oneself of concern for a given matter by claiming to lack authority or jurisdiction.

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