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buck stops here, the
buck stops here, the
buck stops here, the
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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buck
,
stop
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Gender
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Phelps
[felps]
Branda
BRAN-də
English (Rare)
Eckehard
E-ke-hahrt
German
Petunia
pə-TOON-yə, pə-TYOON-yə
English (Rare)
Benvenuto
-
Italian
Innocent
IN-ə-sənt
(English)
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