to be responsible for something bad, or to be punished for something:

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/topic/282392/answered-for-someoneRSS for NodeSun, 07 Jun 2026 18:14:04 GMTFri, 27 Jan 2023 09:25:06 GMT60If you say that you can answer for someone or for a quality that they have, you mean that you know from experience that they can be trusted, or that they have that quality:

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