- buckpassing
- noun or adj
Buck-passing clerks in stores make customers angry.
Compare: pass the buck, buck-passer
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
buckpassing
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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 man who… … Словарь американских идиом
