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answer for
1) PHRASAL VERB If you have to answer for something bad or wrong you have done, you are punished for it.

[V P n] He must be made to answer for his terrible crimes.

Syn:
2) PHRASE: have inflects If you say that someone has a lot to answer for, you are saying that their actions have led to problems which you think they are responsible for.

English dictionary. 2008.

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