buck-passing
nounEtymology From buck + passing.
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Idiomatic Blameshifting; the act of absolving oneself of responsibility or concern for a given matter by claiming to lack authority or jurisdiction.
- It's from here onwards that the whole web of buck-passing and excuses began.2020 July 29, Barry Doe, “GWR climbs down... but it took too long to issue refund”, in Rail, page 58:
- Related terms
- pass the buck, the buck stops here