- answer to (someone)
- Answer to (someone)отвечать перед кем-либо, объяснять свои действияBill lived on his own; he had no family and consequently no one to answer to.
English-Russian small dictionary of idioms. 2014.
answer to (someone)
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answer someone — (someone s) answer to (someone/something) someone or something that is just as good as a more famous person or thing in the place where it comes from. The Kennedy clan was America s answer to the royal families of Europe … New idioms dictionary
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