Pass the Buck

What it means

Hand the responsibility to somebody else and hope it does not come back.

Where it comes from

In poker a marker called the buck showed whose turn it was to deal, and it was passed along the table. Truman kept a sign on his desk reading the buck stops here.

The puzzle it came from

Pass the Buck was the answer to the Phrasicle of July 5, 2025. The clue read ____ the ____, and the words came out of a grid where every neighbouring pair makes a two-word phrase.

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