answer for so
answer for someone
1. Lit. to speak for another person.
I can't answer for Chuck, but I do have my own opinion.
I will answer for my friend in his absence.
2. Fig. to vouch for someone; to tell of the goodness of someone's character.
Mr. Jones, who had known the girl all her life, answered for her. He knew she was innocent.
I will answer for Ted. He could not hurt a f lea.
热门单词
- abscond with so or sth
- add up (to sth)
- adorn so or sth with sth
- a fleeting glance
- after all
- ahold
- aim for sth
- ain't got the brains God gave a squirrel
- air one's paunch
- alight from sth
- all dressed up and nowhere to go
- all in a day's work
- All's fair in love and war.
- All things will pass.
- ally oneself to so or sth
- a lot of
- alpha
- amend
- a new lease on life
- anger
- another country heard from
