answer to
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verb
- To be accountable or responsible to; to account to; to report to.“I'm above you in the hierarchy, Jim, so you should be answering to me.”
- To justify oneself to (someone). (usually with have to)“You're going to have to answer to all of these charges to my satisfaction.”
- To respond to (a name); to treat as one's own name.“She's answered to Katie her entire life.”