devolve on

devolve (up)on someone or something

[for something, such as a task] to be passed on to someone or a group. (Upon is formal and less commonly used than on.) This job, I am afraid, devolves upon you and you alone. The task of repairing the damage devolved on Diane.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Murrough	-	Irish
Gershon	GUR-shahn (English)	Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Hasan	-	Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Indonesian
Horatia	-	Ancient Roman
Elpis	-	Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Sukarno	soo-KAHR-no	Indonesian, Javanese