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单词 the buck stops here (or with someone)
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the buck stops here (or with someone)

informal The responsibility for something cannot or should not be passed to someone else: in the past you could spread the blame, but now the buck stops here...
  • Those people that are trying to shift focus should realize what Harry Truman said a long time ago, the buck stops here.
  • We are all to blame tonight, but I signed the players and I suppose the buck stops with me.
  • ‘I'm the compliance officer, so you're right, the buck stops here in the end,’ she said.
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