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Verb
- 1 To be held responsible for; to take the blame for something. ambitransitive
"The mayor will be answering for his crimes for many years."
- 2 furnish a justifying analysis or explanation wordnet
- 3 To guarantee. transitive
"I will answer for his debt, if he can't pay on the day."
- 4 To vouch for (someone); to attest to the character of (someone). transitive
"She's known me for years, and she's always answered for me!"
- 5 Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see answer, for.
"I don't know the answer to that, so I'm going to let my lawyer answer for me."
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