answer for something
Definition
› to be responsible for having done something bad: Companies that turn a blind eye to this practice will have a lot to answer for.
(Definition of answer for something from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
Browse the Thesaurus
Our dictionaries
Browse the Dictionary
Word of the Day
be under a cloud
to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad
Blog
Read our blog about how the English language behaves.
New Words
Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.
