answer to
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[edit]Verb
[edit]answer to (third-person singular simple present answers to, present participle answering to, simple past and past participle answered to)
- To be accountable or responsible to; to account to; to report to.
- I'm above you in the hierarchy, Jim, so you should be answering to me.
- To justify oneself to (someone). (usually with have to)
- You're going to have to answer to all of these charges to my satisfaction.
- To respond to (a name); to treat as one's own name.
- She's answered to Katie her entire life.
Translations
[edit]to be responsible to
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to justify oneself to
to respond to