Term or phrase for simply moving a problem from one area to another
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ANSWER 1
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The phrase passing the buck comes to mind.
It's when someone shifts a problem to someone else rather than solving it.
Which is also how the phrase the buck stops here was derived from.
ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 5
Here is a systems person who has written a piece and calls this "shifting the burden" in an organizational setting.
SHIFTING THE BURDEN: MOVING BEYOND A REACTIVE ORIENTATION [sic]
shifting the burden aka displacing or shifting a problem from one thing to another
ANSWER 3
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sweep something under the carpet (in British) or rug
- to conceal (something, esp a problem) in the hope that it will be overlooked by others
(Collins)
ANSWER 4
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"Pushing bones around the graveyard" is the worst form of shifting a problem from one place to another -- it's aimless, it's acting like the bones will make a difference anyway, it's futile.