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Phrase(s): The buck stops here.
The need to act or take responsibility, that other people pass on to still other people, ultimately ends up here. (An expression made famous by U.S. President Harry Truman, about the finality of decisions a president must make. See also pass the buck.) • After everyone else has avoided making the decision, I will have to do it. The buck stops here.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs