answer for
an
ˈÃĻn
ān
swer
sər
sēr
for
fɔ:r
fawr
/ˈansə fɔː/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "answer for"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to answer for
[phrase form: answer]
01

āϜāĻŦāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇, āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to explain one's actions or decisions, especially when questioned or challenged
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
When questioned by the press, the spokesperson had to answer for the government's new tax policy.
āϝāĻ–āύ āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āϏ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϏāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻ–āύ āĻŽā§āĻ–āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāϕ⧇ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻ•āϰ āύ⧀āϤāĻŋāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ, āĻĢāϞ āĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

to face consequences or punishment for one's actions
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company had to answer for its unethical practices, resulting in fines and penalties.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϜāĻŦāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧇ āϜāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāĻž āĻ“ āĻļāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03

āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāϧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to be used as a replacement or representation of something
Dialectamerican flagAmerican
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
This temporary structure will answer for our meeting place until the new office is ready.
āĻāχ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āĻ•āĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŽā§‹āϟāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻ…āĻĢāĻŋāϏ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āύāĻž āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
04

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to explain someone else's thoughts or opinions on a matter
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She was asked to answer for her team's stance on the proposed changes during the meeting.
āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ