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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]Discover More
Example Sentences
I have a letter from him which I am going to answer to-night.
I see that you would rather not answer to-day, Miss Sharp—you might prefer to go now and think about it?
"I will consider it, and give you an answer to-morrow morning," replied Captain Chantor.
Yours of to-day just this moment received, and the Secretary having left it is impossible for me to answer to-day.
The whole of the questions in them I cannot answer to-night, but will do so presently, when I obtain the full information.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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