The buck stops here

Final responsability; "The responsability is mine". Situation where something really is up to you, and you can be fairly praised or blamed for your act or choice.
(That is a expression commonly used in free will philosophical discussion)

Caracter determines fate, but I can change my caracter, so the buck stops here after all.

by Gustavo Cadar June 10, 2008

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Pull out all the stops

To go all out.

Say you really wanted to impress your girlfriend, and you wanted to pull out all the stops, on would buy flowers, make her dinner, clean the house, sprinkle the bed with petals, light candles.

by emilyGASM December 1, 2009

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two stops from dagenham

mad (colloquial, particularly in Essex)

because the station 2 stops from Dagenham is Barking.

Yeap, you've gone two stops from Dagenham!

by Bylli May 24, 2009

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That’s where the dollar stops

Common firehouse phrase used in many ways and possibly for days. Can be used in endings of uncomfortable situations or even in moments with lack of verbal content.

Situational use: Fire Captain watches probationary firefighter prepare meal. When the meal is almost complete the Captain stirs the food in the pan. The probationary firefighter then stated “that’s where the dollar stops.”

by Dollar stopper December 19, 2019

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pulled out all the stops

Went "all out", or tried as hard as possible to please or impress.

To spare no expense.

to do everything you can to make something successful
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The stops are handles on an organ (= a large instrument used in churches), which you pull out when you want to play as loudly as possible.

They pulled out all the stops for their anniversary party.
The hotel certainly pulled out all the stops to impress us.
Beyonce really pulled out all the stops with her show last night!

by Denny Dennison January 16, 2014

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