answer to

[answer to] {v.}

To be named; go by a certain name or designation; be accountable.

* /When you walk my dog, please remember that he answers to the name "Caesar."/

* /As head of the company she does not have to answer to anyone./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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