All pass the buck synonyms

verb pass the buck

• jive — swing music or early jazz.
• beg the question — If you say that something begs a particular question, you mean that it makes people want to ask that question; some people consider that this use is incorrect.
• mince words — speak tentatively, tactfully
• denunciate — to condemn; denounce
• blow the whistle on — to make a clear musical sound, a series of such sounds, or a high-pitched, warbling sound by the forcible expulsion of the breath through a small opening formed by contracting the lips, or through the teeth, with the aid of the tongue.
• lay to — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
• elude — Evade or escape from (a danger, enemy, or pursuer), typically in a skillful or cunning way.
• handed — of, belonging to, using, or used by the hand.
• denunciated — Simple past tense and past participle of denunciate.
• flip-flopping — Informal. a sudden or unexpected reversal, as of direction, belief, attitude, or policy.
• deeded — something that is done, performed, or accomplished; an act: Do a good deed every day.
• blame — If you blame a person or thing for something bad, you believe or say that they are responsible for it or that they caused it.
• make over — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
• jiving — swing music or early jazz.
• cover up — If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
• give the slip — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
• denunciating — present participle of denunciate.
• flipflop — Alternative form of flip-flop.
• lower the boom — Nautical. any of various more or less horizontal spars or poles for extending the feet of sails, especially fore-and-aft sails, for handling cargo, suspending mooring lines alongside a vessel, pushing a vessel away from wharves, etc.
• get around — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
• equivocate — Use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself.
• hedge — a row of bushes or small trees planted close together, especially when forming a fence or boundary; hedgerow: small fields separated by hedges.
• beat around the bush — to talk around a subject without getting to the point