up to you
You decide here
A phrase that places a decision or choice in someone else's hands: It's up to you whether we stay or go.
It can be genuinely deferential, expressing no preference, or subtly passive-aggressive, implying the speaker has washed their hands of the matter.
Where should we eat?
Up to you.
- decideReach a conclusion
- dealer's choiceDistributor selects the variant
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- chooseSelect from alternatives
flexible · open · wide open · optional · discretion · preference · judgment · free will · carte blanche · pick · leeway · independent · permission · agency · no skin off my nose · go ahead · have at it · green light
- indifferenceapathy, indifference, unconcern, disinterest, nonchalance
- evasionsno comment, dodge, deflection, hedging, equivocation
up to younon-negotiable
Cannot be altered
mandatory · required · compulsory · obligatory · no alternative
up to youmandatory
Required by rule
required · compulsory · obligatory · no choice · non-negotiable
you, upping, upward, uppermost, your, yours, yourself, yourselves