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  I'm the ultimately responsible person in this organization. Other people can pass the buck to me, but I can't pass the buck to anyone else.
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  I'll take full responsibility, as in You needn't call my boss; the buck stops here. This saying gained fame as a sign on the desk of President Harry S. Truman. It alludes to another expression that means the opposite, pass the buck. [Mid-1900s]

The buck stops here

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1. I'm the ultimately responsible person in this organization. Other people can pass the buck to me, but I can't pass the buck to anyone else.

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buck stops here, the Idioms  

1. I'll take full responsibility, as in You needn't call my boss; the buck stops here. This saying gained fame as a sign on the desk of President Harry S. Truman. It alludes to another expression that means the opposite, pass the buck. [Mid-1900s]

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President Harry S. Truman kept a sign on his desk that read, “The buck stops here.”

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The buck stops here

Harry Truman famously said, "The buck stops here."

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2022

"The buck stops here and so I bear ultimate responsibility for that," Baugh wrote.

From Reuters ● Jun. 27, 2014

Harry Truman said "The buck stops here" and that's as it should be for anyone in charge.

From New York Times ● May 30, 2014

We’ve come a long way from Harry Truman’s motto: The buck stops here.

From Forbes ● Oct. 5, 2011

Now I think we have to go back to Harry Truman's statement, "The buck stops here," and apply it to the prosecutors and the courts.

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