be accountable
Bear the responsibility
To be accountable is to be responsible for your actions and obligated to explain or justify them to others.
The phrase implies consequences—if something goes wrong under your watch, you answer for it: Someone needs to be accountable for this failure.
Being accountable suggests not just responsibility but the expectation of transparency and potential judgment.
- responsibleObligated to answer for actions
- take responsibilityAccept fault for outcomes
- answerableLiable to account
- liableLegally responsible for something
- on the hookBearing responsibility for something
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- life advicebe honest, be kind, be patient, work hard, be yourself
- moral sayingsdo unto others, golden rule, do the right thing, honesty is the best policy, treat others fairly
- good mannerssay please, apologize, smile, shake hands
be accountablepass the buck
Transfer responsibility elsewhere
wash one's hands of · point fingers · disown · disavow · make excuses
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