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joint (and several) responsibility
to get through one's duty (in a perfunctory manner)
責任を負うもの
to shirk one's duty―evade a duty―be freed from one's obligations―be discharged from one's obligations
to bear the responsibility―assume the responsibility
to bear the responsibility―shoulder the responsibility―assume the responsibility―accept the responsibility
to bear the responsibility―assume the responsibility―take the responsibility upon one's shoulders―hold oneself responsible (for the consequences)
to shift one's responsibility on another's shoulders―shuffle off one's responsibility on another's shoulders