the buck stop here
the buck [stop] (here|there|) with {sb}the buck stop here
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used to say that someone has accepted the responsibility or blame for something and will not pass it to someone else
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Idiom
Informal
Exempel
When the crisis hit, the president knew that the buck stopped there with him - he had to take charge and make the tough decisions.
