āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
answer for
/ËansÉ fÉË/
to answer for
[phrase form: answer]
01
āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϤā§, āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻāϰāĻž
to explain one's actions or decisions, especially when questioned or challenged
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
When questioned by the press, the spokesperson had to answer for the government's new tax policy.
āϝāĻāύ āĻĒā§āϰā§āϏ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāϏāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻāύ āĻŽā§āĻāĻĒāĻžāϤā§āϰāĻā§ āϏāϰāĻāĻžāϰā§āϰ āύāϤā§āύ āĻāϰ āύā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02
āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ, āĻĢāϞ āĻā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž
to face consequences or punishment for one's actions
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company had to answer for its unethical practices, resulting in fines and penalties.
āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ
āύā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻ
āύā§āĻļā§āϞāύā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧠āĻāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāĻž āĻ āĻļāĻžāϏā§āϤāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03
āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāϧāĻŋāϤā§āĻŦ āĻāϰāĻž
to be used as a replacement or representation of something
Dialect
American
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
This temporary structure will answer for our meeting place until the new office is ready.
āĻāĻ āĻ
āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŽā§āĻāĻŋ āύāϤā§āύ āĻ
āĻĢāĻŋāϏ āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āϤā§āϤ āύāĻž āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻŦā§āĨ¤
04
āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻāϰāĻž
to explain someone else's thoughts or opinions on a matter
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She was asked to answer for her team's stance on the proposed changes during the meeting.
āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āϤāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāύāĻā§āϞāĻŋāϤ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻāϞā§āϰ āĻ
āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
āύāĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ



























