rest with
phrasal verb
rested with; resting with; rests with
: to be the responsibility of (someone or something)
The final decision rests with you.
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Any decision to go to war would rest with Iran's 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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CBS News, 11 Jan. 2026
Bardot will be laid to rest with a private service and a public homage at the Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption Catholic Church in Saint Tropez, per the Associated Press.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Jan. 2026
She will be laid to rest with a private service at the Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption Catholic Church in Saint Tropez on Wednesday.
—Jessica Schladebeck, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
The power and responsibility to make transformative and permanent changes largely rest with Congress.
—Robert Romano, Boston Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
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CBS News, 11 Jan. 2026
Bardot will be laid to rest with a private service and a public homage at the Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption Catholic Church in Saint Tropez, per the Associated Press.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Jan. 2026
She will be laid to rest with a private service at the Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption Catholic Church in Saint Tropez on Wednesday.
—Jessica Schladebeck, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
The power and responsibility to make transformative and permanent changes largely rest with Congress.
—Robert Romano, Boston Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
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“Rest with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rest%20with. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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