answer to

Idioms  

1. 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]

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Example Sentences

It is the question few have found an answer to: how do you stop Arsenal scoring from corner kicks?

From BBC

“During times of military conflict, we often get asked which stocks are the best defense plays, and which are the best defensive plays,” Lipacis wrote, noting that analog and microcontroller stocks “are typically the answer to both.”

From MarketWatch

Finch said: "Those trying to remove me have offered no alternative council plan and no credible answer to what replaces the work already under way."

From BBC

It quickly became apparent the 25th seed had no answer to the American's determined approach, and the first set ran away from her with just 11 points won.

From BBC

The answer to such a looming emergency, however, isn’t to sit out every fight until the big one.

From The Wall Street Journal