ANSWER FOR


Meaning of ANSWER FOR in English

1.

If you have to ~ something bad or wrong you have done, you are punished for it.

He must be made to ~ his terrible crimes.

PHRASAL VERB: V P n

2.

If you say that someone has a lot to ~, you are saying that their actions have led to problems which you think they are responsible for.

PHRASE: have inflects

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