answer for sth
— phrasal verb with answer uk/ˈɑːn.sər/us/ˈæn.sɚ/verb
to be responsible for something bad, or to be punished for something:
I expect parents to answer for their children's behaviour.
"Why do you think there's so much violence nowadays?" "Well, violence on television has a lot to answer for (= is the cause of much of it)."
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Duty, obligation and responsibility
- accountable
- answer for sb/sth
- answer to sb
- answerable
- baby
- brother
- commitment
- fail
- I am not my brother's keeper idiom
- in the hot seat idiom
- incharge
- it's your own lookout idiom
- job
- portfolio
- responsible
- risk
- saddle sb with sth
- social contract
- stick
- stick sb with sth
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