Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

passed the buck

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.96 in modern English

Syllables
passed the buck
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
1
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does passed the buck mean?
simple past and past participle of pass the buck

How to pronounce passed the buck

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