pass the buck

THESAURUS

pass the buck

assign, be unfaithful, break faith, carry over, circumvent, communicate, consign, deceive, deliver, deport, desert, diffuse, disseminate, elude, evade, expel, export, extradite, fail, foil, foist on, forsake, frustrate, get around, get round, give the runaround, give the slip, go back on, go one better, hand forward, hand on, hand over, impart, import, impose on, impose upon, make over, metastasize, metathesize, outfigure, outflank, outgeneral, outguess, outmaneuver, outplay, outreach, outsmart, outwit, overreach, pass, pass off on, pass on, pass over, perfuse, play on, presume upon, put across, put on, put over, put upon, relay, shift the blame, shift the responsibility, spread, stonewall, switch, take advantage of, transfer, transfer property, transfuse, translate, translocate, transmit, transplace, transplant, transpose, turn over, victimize, work on