Examples of 'pass the buck' in a sentence
Meaning of "pass the buck"
pass the buck - This phrase means to avoid taking responsibility or shifting the blame onto someone else. It implies the act of passing on a problem, task, or decision to another person instead of dealing with it oneself
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- 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.
How to use "pass the buck" in a sentence
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pass the buck
We can not pass the buck any more.
The politicians try to pass the buck.
They pass the buck and blame others.
My assistant will now pass the buck.
They will pass the buck to someone else.
You always try to pass the buck.
Pass the buck and pray for judicial restraint.
They all just pass the buck.
We pass the buck endlessly.
Where you can pass the buck.
Pass the buck.
What do you mean pass the buck.
Pass the buck shot and aim for the heart.
I will not pass the buck.
It makes no sense at all to me that we can literally pass the buck.
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We will not pass the buck.
They pass the buck to each other when you call for help.
You do not pass the buck.
O There is an issue of clinicians trying to pass the buck.
You always pass the buck.
There is always someone higher up Where you can pass the buck.
You can not pass the buck that easily.
The thing they do best is pass the buck.
You are trying to pass the buck onto somebody else.
The floozy is just trying to pass the buck.
We can not simply pass the buck on to the politicians.
Unlike the criminals who pass the buck.
Where you can pass the buck was really never stuck.
They are right to pass the buck.
You were trying to pass the buck on every lousy decision you have ever made.
They may actually tend to pass the buck.
Government decided to pass the buck by sending him back to you.
Natalie pretty much feels she can pass the buck.
You can always pass the buck like that.
After so much evil is done you can not just always pass the buck to me.
The boys try to pass the buck over the garter.
Pass the buck on desegregation to the courts?
Everybody will pass the buck.
The plan to pass the buck to China is a popular alternative.
Do not try to pass the buck.
Member States pass the buck and so a move towards harmonization is inescapable.
The right to pass the buck.
Pass the buck to us and get the full process including recruitment and start-up.
The subcommittee chose to pass the buck to the judiciary.
When confronted by problems, many employees try to pass the buck.
So what you are saying is we pass the buck onto someone else.
And make no mistake about it, Valentino does not try to pass the buck.
I am not gonna let you pass the buck on this one.
But the President can not duck hard problems-he can not pass the buck.
Customers do not want you to pass the buck to anybody else in your company.
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