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verb

  1. to be liable or responsible for (a person's actions, behaviour, etc)
  2. to vouch for or speak on behalf of (a person)
  3. to suffer or atone for (one's wrongdoing)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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But the Clippers had no answer for Murray, who was efficient with his shooting, going 17 for 26 from the field and eight for 14 from three-point range.

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Sheik Mohammed said that there had been "a bit of progress compared to other meetings, yet we need to find an answer for the ultimate question: how to end this war".

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Pressed for how he will improve in qualifying, he said: "I really don't know. I really don't have a lot of answers for you guys. Just wasn't quick today."

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“If SCE failed to properly ground these idle lines that have been sitting there for fifty years, that was a disaster waiting to happen — and they will have to answer for that to a jury.”

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" I realised was that there was more we needed to understand, that I didn't have answers for what had happened and so many other families didn't either," she says.

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