society > morality > duty or obligation > responsibility > be responsible for [verb (transitive)] > become liable for (6)
transitive. To enter as a debtor. Also with up.
To incur (a liability or obligation, esp. a debt).
intransitive. to fall in for: to receive; to incur; to come in for. Cf. in for at in, adv. phrases 2, to come in for at come, v. phrasal verbs 1.