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pass the buck — {v. phr.}, {informal} To make another person decide something or accept a responsibility or give orders instead of doing it yourself; shift or escape responsibility or blame; put the duty or blame on someone else. * /Mrs. Brown complained to the… … Dictionary of American idioms
pass the buck — {v. phr.}, {informal} To make another person decide something or accept a responsibility or give orders instead of doing it yourself; shift or escape responsibility or blame; put the duty or blame on someone else. * /Mrs. Brown complained to the… … Dictionary of American idioms
pass\ the\ buck — v. phr. informal To make another person decide something or accept a responsibility or give orders instead of doing it yourself; shift or escape responsibility or blame; put the duty or blame on someone else. Mrs. Brown complained to the man who… … Словарь американских идиом
pass the buck — Synonyms and related words: assign, be unfaithful, break faith, carry over, circumvent, communicate, consign, deceive, deliver, deport, desert, diffuse, disseminate, elude, evade, expel, export, extradite, fail, foil, foist on, forsake, frustrate … Moby Thesaurus
Buck — 1. An informal reference to one dollar. 2. An informal term for one hundred dollars. 3. Trader s slang for a million dollars. Wall Street jargon sometimes differs from everyday usage. 4. An informal term for money. The term buck may trace its… … Investment dictionary
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