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verb answers for · answering for · answered for
- To be held responsible for; to take the blame for something. The mayor will be answering for his crimes for many years.
- To guarantee. I will answer for his debt, if he can't pay on the day.
- To vouch for (someone); to attest to the character of (someone). She's known me for years, and she's always answered for me!
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see answer, for. I don't know the answer to that, so I'm going to let my lawyer answer for me.
