answer to

Definitions

1. 1

   To be accountable or responsible to

   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.
2. 2

   To justify oneself to (someone). (usually with have to)

   • You're going to have to answer to all of these charges to my satisfaction.
   • You can crush us / You can bruise us / But you'll have to answer to / Oh, the guns of Brixton
3. 3

   To respond to (a name)

   To respond to (a name); to treat as one's own name.

   • She's answered to Katie her entire life.

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