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Contexts Past tense for to shift the blame (for one's wrongdoing) to someone else Past tense for to feel or declare that someone or something is at fault or wrong Past tense for to avoid providing a clear answer or statement Verb ▲ Past tense for to shift the blame (for one's wrongdoing) to someone else evaded responsibility shifted the blame laid something at somebody's door “Somers makes no secret of his dislike for bureaucracy and his contempt for people who pass the buck.” Verb ▲ Past tense for to feel or declare that someone or something is at fault or wrong blamed accused censured condemned admonished faulted denounced incriminated reproached impeached impugned inculpated reproved indicted denunciated framed rebuked recriminated reprimanded imputed saddled fingered rapped held accountable held responsible held liable accused of assigned fault to laid the blame on placed the blame on assigned guilt to assigned liability to considered guilty of found guilty of pointed the finger laid a guilt trip on laid at one's door laid a bad trip on shifted the blame Verb ▲ Past tense for to avoid providing a clear answer or statement hedged equivocated prevaricated tergiversated fudged pussyfooted dodged vacillated flanneled flannelled waffled quibbled evaded sidestepped weaseledUS weaselledUK ducked stalled avoided temporisedUK temporizedUS stonewalled hesitated shucked shilly-shallied dodged the issue parried questions evaded the issue fudged the issue hummed and hawed pussyfooted around sidestepped the issue beat about the bush beaten about the bush ducked the question sat on the fence copped out hemmed and hawed flip-flopped blew hot and cold blown hot and cold beaten around the bush shuffled around copped a plea gave the run around given the run around hedged your bets minced words fenced parried shuffled cavilledUK paltered caviledUS jived conned adumbrated fibbed pettifogged lied subtilized begged the question run around shuffled about minced matters straddled the fence covered up ducked the issue clouded the issue stalled for time told white lie lay laid given run around gave run around ran around avoided the issue circumvented shirked balkedUS baulkedUK danced around an issue put off wormed one's way out of rambled eluded skirted eschewed falsified welshed reneged fled misrepresented shifted wavered blathered given the runaround gave the runaround bypassed snuck away slipped out shifted ground about skirted the issue quibbled about copped out of found a way round played it close to the vest danced around dodged the question fast-talked avoided answering beat around bush skirted round played your cards close to your chest beat about the bush about fended off straddled an issue gotten around got around gave nothing away given nothing away beaten about the bush about beaten around bush got out of gotten out of Find more words! 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