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- have a lot to answer for
have a lot to answer for
have a lot to answer for
to have much of the responsibility for a situation The owners forced a strike, but the workers have a lot to answer for, too.
Related vocabulary: answer for somethinghave a lot to answer for
to be the main cause of a problem or an unpleasant situation People who sell drugs to kids have a lot to answer for.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Shahid | | - | Arabic, Urdu |
| Borislava | | bah-ree-SLAH-vah (Russian) | Bulgarian, Serbian, Russian |
| ŁUcja | | WUWTS-yah | Polish |
| Kekoa | | - | Hawaiian |
| Gordan | | GOR-dahn (Serbian, Croatian) | Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian |
| Sechnall | | - | Irish |