answer to (someone)
idiom
: to be required to explain one's actions to (someone)
He has to answer to a tough boss.
Examples of answer to (someone) in a Sentence
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Smartphone bans at schools is a complex issue, and there is not yet a single answer to address it, considering the demands of a digitized society.
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Angelica Mari, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Yost's opinion, which prompted a response from the ACLU of Ohio, was in an answer to a question from a fellow Republican, Mike Gmoser, Butler County's prosecutor of 14 years.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 30 Aug. 2025
Mercy Chefs was created in 2006 as an answer to the frustration LeBlanc felt people who’d just lost everything deserved more.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 29 Aug. 2025
Today, at the 2025 Venice Film Festival, Emma Stone offered an answer to one omnipresent look.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2025
New for the 10 series is Pixelsnap, Google's answer to Apple's MagSafe.
—PC Magazine, 27 Aug. 2025
Not an easy answer to provide based on one photograph, each expert pointed out.
—Laurie Brookins, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2025
But ultimately, the only creditor that Trump International has to answer to is Trump, making the debt risk low and squarely in the Trump family’s purview.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2025
That’s not the start of a bad joke, but a genuine potential answer to this question.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2025
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Angelica Mari, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Yost's opinion, which prompted a response from the ACLU of Ohio, was in an answer to a question from a fellow Republican, Mike Gmoser, Butler County's prosecutor of 14 years.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 30 Aug. 2025
Mercy Chefs was created in 2006 as an answer to the frustration LeBlanc felt people who’d just lost everything deserved more.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 29 Aug. 2025
Today, at the 2025 Venice Film Festival, Emma Stone offered an answer to one omnipresent look.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2025
New for the 10 series is Pixelsnap, Google's answer to Apple's MagSafe.
—PC Magazine, 27 Aug. 2025
Not an easy answer to provide based on one photograph, each expert pointed out.
—Laurie Brookins, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2025
But ultimately, the only creditor that Trump International has to answer to is Trump, making the debt risk low and squarely in the Trump family’s purview.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2025
That’s not the start of a bad joke, but a genuine potential answer to this question.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2025
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“Answer to (someone).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/answer%20to%20%28someone%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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