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Buck-passing

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Noun
  1. 1
    Blameshifting; the act of absolving oneself of responsibility or concern for a given matter by claiming to lack authority or jurisdiction. idiomatic, uncountable

    "It's from here onwards that the whole web of buck-passing and excuses began."

Etymology

From buck + passing.

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