Question

Read the excerpt from "Daughter of Invention".

But Laura's inventing days were over just as Yoyo's were starting up with her school-wide success. Rather than the rolling suitcase everyone else in the family remembers, Yoyo thinks of the speech her mother wrote as her last invention. It was as if, after that, her mother had passed on to Yoyo her pencil and pad and said, "Okay, Cuquita, here's the buck. You give it a shot."

Which context clue provides the best hint for the meaning of the underlined idiom in this excerpt?

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

The context clue that provides the best hint for the meaning of the underlined idiom in this excerpt is "her mother had passed on to Yoyo her pencil and pad."

Answer 2

[AI-generated answer — Step-by-Step Bot]

The context clue that provides the best hint for the meaning of the underlined idiom "here's the buck" in this excerpt is "her mother had passed on to Yoyo her pencil and pad."

Answer 3

[AI-generated answer — Explain Bot]

The context clue that provides the best hint for the meaning of the underlined idiom "here's the buck" in this excerpt is "her mother had passed on to Yoyo her pencil and pad." This suggests that "here's the buck" means "here's the responsibility" or "here's the task to be done."