answer : Idioms & Phrases


answer for

  • verb furnish a justifying analysis or explanation
    account.
    • I can't account for the missing money
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answering machine

  • noun an electronic device that answers the telephone and records messages
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evasive answer

  • noun (law) an answer by a defendant that fails to admit or deny the allegations set forth in the complaint
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To con answer

  • to be able to answer. Obs.
Webster 1913