Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pass the buck

(idiomatic) Adopt a solution to a specific problem which does not address the larger, more general problem of which the specific problem is an instance.

One can only claim that something is a success after it has been tried out or used.

If something one wishes to be done cannot be commanded done, one must find another way to achieve one's goal.

(idiomatic) To pass the most critical point of some process; to pass out of danger. / In the game of cribbage, to reach the point at which one is safe from being lurched.

There will always be problems in a romantic relationship.

Intended or liable to be published.

(idiomatic) A defining moment; a cutoff point.

Of a group with the same or similar characteristics; of the same kind.

present participle of do the hard yards