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Idioms and Phrases
Explain or justify something to someone, as in If Mary doesn't help us finish this project, she'll have to answer to the boss . This expression was at first used mainly for replying to legal charges. [c. a.d. 950]Example Sentences
The club have since become the answer to a commonly-used pub quiz question: Who are the worst team in Premier League history?
Garnacho went from being a central component of Ten Hag's squad to becoming part of the answer to United's PSR problems, with any fee being banked as 'pure profit'.
Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes said the Scottish government did not believe Trump's "unilateral measures" were "the answer" to economic questions.
"My answer to this has not changed," he told the RBC-Ukraine news agency.
The answer to that, some say, is to allow people to vote using a smart phone app called Diia.
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