lie with

Idioms  

1. Be decided by, dependent on, or up to. For example, The choice of restaurant lies with you. Starting about 1300 this phrase meant “to have sexual intercourse with,” a usage that is now obsolete. [Late 1800s]

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Example Sentences

The key to a stock comeback lies with Amazon’s cloud business.

From MarketWatch

The key to a stock comeback lies with Amazon’s cloud business.

From MarketWatch

But given that it’s chunky falls for Big Tech stocks that’s doing most damage to equity benchmarks, perhaps much of the blame lies with a cooling of AI fervor.

From MarketWatch

The approval or rejection of the planning application lies with the Housing Secretary Steve Reed – in what is known as a quasi-judicial decision.

From BBC

Brazil has pushed back against a complaint by the UN's climate chief over a security breach at the COP30 summit in Belem, saying responsibility for safeguarding the venue's interior lies with the world body itself.

From Barron's