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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]Example Sentences
Reigning champion Swiatek had won nine consecutive matches in Madrid - and 15 of 16 going back to her loss to Sabalenka in the 2023 final - but had no answer to Gauff.
“I don’t have an answer to that,” said James late Wednesday when asked about retirement.
“I don’t have an answer to that,” James said to questions about his future.
Another constituent, Taylor Mandelbaum, said he was hoping to hear “Lawler get some questions that he doesn’t have a pre-scripted answer to.”
With the May Bank Holiday on the horizon I think you may know the answer to this one.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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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