answered for
Bore the consequences
Answered for means took responsibility or accepted consequences for something.
If you answered for your mistakes, you faced the repercussions.
The phrase often implies accountability for wrongdoing: He'll have to answer for what he did.
It can also mean vouched for or spoke on behalf of: She answered for the whole team.
- repliedGave an answer back
- liableLegally responsible for something
- culpableDeserving of blame
- clarifiedMade understandable
- responsibleObligated to answer for actions
held accountable · duty-bound · vindicated · defended · chargeable · obligated · addressed · accountable · on the hook · guarantor · acknowledged · owned up to · excused · justified · consequences · spokesperson · indebted · repercussions
answered forsidestepped
Avoided by moving aside
walked away from · dodged · passed the buck · wriggled out of · scapegoated
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