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What does answer for mean?

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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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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.
Let's catalog those statements and let them answer for their cowardice and wobbliness.
The weak-kneed do-gooders who apparently run this country have a lot to answer for.
Their marriage will face tests and have them both wondering if matrimony was the best answer for them.
Is this really the answer for Scotland, which boasts some of the greatest salmon streams in the world?

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