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Verb
  1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see answer,‎ for.
  2. (transitive or intransitive) To be held responsible for; to take the blame for something.
  3. (transitive) To guarantee.
  4. (transitive) To vouch for (someone); to attest to the character of (someone).
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The weak-kneed do-gooders who apparently run this country have a lot to answer for.
If rules of behaviour are flouted, those responsible must answer for their actions.
If the price of oil does drop, along with Mexico's production, the country's nearsighted politicians will have a lot to answer for.
The answer for most was the multi-faceted world of experiments in expression that we call modernism.
You shall stand before him to answer for the conspiracy to destroy his beloved sons!
Thanks for making this point, which I quite agree with, but which was left out of my original answer for lack of space.

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