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answer for
verb as in be accountable for
Example Sentences
The Ravens hammered the Bills 35-10 in Baltimore earlier this season when Buffalo had no answer for Jackson or Derrick Henry - the rematch will determine who moves one game away from the Super Bowl.
“I was aware of what was happening and called a sheriff’s dispatcher to ask what I should do, but they just didn’t have an answer for me,” she said.
"If this man is involved, he needs to answer for what he's done and if it means we need to go the extra mile, we are absolutely willing to do that."
She had presided over hundreds of days of evidence in which victims described their treatment and those who had the duty to protect them answered for their failings.
“T-Jeff, those guys do a good job, if I have any questions, they always have an answer for me.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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