ACCOUNT FOR SB/STH


Meaning of ACCOUNT FOR SB/STH in English

1.

to know where sb/sth is or what has happened to them, especially after an accident :

All passengers have now been accounted for.

2.

( informal ) to defeat or destroy sb/sth :

Our anti-aircraft guns accounted for five enemy bombers.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.