account for »
To explain by relating circumstances; to show that some one, thing or members of a group are present or have been processed.
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allow for »
To take into account when making plans.
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cast up one's accounts »
To vomit.
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catch-as-catch-can »
A. 1681, John Fryer, Richard Chiswell, Robert Roberts, Robert White, A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters, Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672 and Finished 1681.
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chalk up to »
To attribute or account for something.
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cook the books »
To manipulate accounting information, esp. illegally, by a corporation.
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don't shoot the messenger »
The bearer of bad news should not be held accountable for the bad news.
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hold someone's feet to the fire »
To maintain personal, social, political, or legal pressure on someone in order to induce him or her to comply with one's desires; to hold someone accountable for his or her actions.
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kill the messenger »
To blame a problem on whoever reported it; to hold somebody accountable a problem because he/she brought attention to it.
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log out »
To exit an account in a computer system so that it doesn't recognize you until you log in again.
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pay for »
To be punished or held accountable for.
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reckon for »
To answer for; to pay the account for.
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reckon with »
To settle accounts with or to settle claims with.
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reckon with »
To take into account.
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shoot the messenger »
To blame a problem on whoever reported it; to hold somebody accountable a problem because he/she brought attention to it.
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