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The buck stops with someone.
The buck stops here. - something that you say in order to tell someone that you will take responsibility for a situation or problem. The police authorized the raid and they must accept that the buck stops with them.
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the buck stops with someone
someone takes responsibility for a situation or problem. I approved the plan, I'm responsible for it, and the buck stops with me. I didn't feel the article misrepresented me. I mean, the buck stops here — I did write about those things.
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The buck stops with us (even as the glory will go to all the collaborative partners).
Back to School for Collaborative Leadership by RUBIN, HANK / School Administrator
When asked why they never deposed Skibine, the Senate committee insisted that, underlings aside, the buck stops with Babbitt.
Silent witness by Seidel, Samuel / Washington Monthly
Considering operational responsibility for federal agency IT security, the buck stops with the CISO on a day-to-day basis," said Representative Tom Davis (R-Va.
Telos Study Reveals Strong Chief Information Security Officer Support ... by Business Wire
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