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Option 2 : to shift responsibility for something to someone else

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सही उत्तर to shift responsibility for something to someone else है।

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Question:

Instead of owning the failure, the contractor kept passing the buck to his subcontractors. The phrase "to pass the buck" means:

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to offer a bribe in order to escape blame
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to shift responsibility for something to someone else
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to work overtime without additional pay
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to delay a payment beyond the due date

Correct Answer: to shift responsibility for something to someone else

"To pass the buck" means to transfer blame or responsibility to another person. Options (a), (c) and (d) attach unrelated financial senses to "buck."

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