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to be responsible for something

• If anything goes wrong, I'll answer for the consequences.
• If you use the money, you will have to answer for it later.
• You've got to answer for the outcome.
• I will answer for the result.
• I will answer for the failure.
• I answer for it.
• You'll have to answer for your behavior.
• The Secret Service has to answer for the safety of the president.
• I'll answer for this accident.
• You must answer for your careless conduct.
• Do as I ask you or I won't answer for the result.
• You ought to answer for what you have done.
• Parents must answer for their children's conduct.
• He will answer for his crimes.
• He had to answer for the consequences of the project.

to speak on behalf of someone

• John answered for his sister.
• I'll answer for this man's honesty.
• I answered for him.
• I can't answer for his honesty.
• I can answer for his honesty, since I have known him for a long time.
• I'll answer for his character. I know him very well.