answer to sb
— phrasal verb with answer uk/ˈɑːn.sər/us/ˈæn.sɚ/verb
to take orders from, obey, and explain your actions to someone:
The great thing about working for yourself is that you don't have to answer to anyone.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Obedient and compliant
- accordance
- acquiescent
- adherence
- be (like) sheep idiom
- be the creature of sb/sth idiom
- clean
- clean up your act idiom
- creature
- dutiful
- easy
- follower
- I'm easy idiom
- obedience
- obedient
- slavish
- slavishly
- subservient
- tie
- tied to your mother's/wife's apron strings idiom
- tractable
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