How to Pronounce "devolve on"
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Definition
If a responsibility, duty, or right devolves on someone, it is passed or transferred to them, especially officially or as a result of someone else being unable or unavailable to do it.
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If anything happens to the current director, decision-making will devolve on the board.
It’s possible that the job of organizing the event will devolve on you if no one else volunteers.
All legal authority will devolve on the government once the contract ends.
When the manager resigned, his responsibilities devolved on his assistant.