Bucking

‘Buck’ in American English:

(n.) a piece of paper money worth one dollar
(n.) a male Indian or negro.
(n.) the cloth or clothes soaked or washed.
(v.) to soak or steep, a process in bleaching;
(v.) to break up or pulverize;
(v.) to strive with determination;
(v.) to resist; act against or in opposition to;
(v.) to move quickly and violently.

‘Buck’ in Urdu (Pakistani national language): Translation - gar·ru·lous (gr-ls, gry)

(adj.) given to excessive and often trivial or rambling talk; tiresomely talkative;
Wordy and rambling: a garrulous speech.

Buck-ing in English and Urdu (read Buck-ing between the USA and Pakistan):

to pass (a task or duty) to another, especially so as to avoid responsibility;
to avoid, to censor or to ignore;
to use ‘buck’ as a tool to disseminate propaganda.

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