the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] > avoid > evade responsibility or obligation > by passing it to another (1)
to pass the buck (to)1912
figurative. to pass the buck (to), to make a scapegoat or dupe of (a person); to shift responsibility (to another). colloquial (originally U.S.).