Pass the buck
Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 6Blaming another person
ज़िम्मेदारी दूसरे के सिर मढ़ना
Five offices passed the buck and one signed.
To pass the buck is faster than to decide.
Daily use: Pass the buck ka matlab zimmedari talna.
एक दफ़्तर सोचिए: इस counter वाला कहता है 'उस counter पर जाओ', और वो अगले पर भेज देता है। ज़िम्मेदारी कोई नहीं लेता, सब आगे pass कर देते हैं — यही pass the buck है।
Picture a busy office: one counter says 'Go to that counter', and that counter sends you to the next. Nobody takes the responsibility; each one passes it on. That is passing the buck — shifting the blame or duty to someone else.
इसका meaning 'blame या responsibility दूसरे पर डालना' पूछा जाता है। Options में 'take ownership' और accountability opposite ideas हैं।
Tested as 'to shift blame or responsibility to another'. 'Take ownership' and accountability are the opposite ideas in the options.