answer to (something)

idiom

: to be the same as or match (something)

The suspect answers to the description perfectly.

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According to Soccerladuma, Barca has now set its eyes on a player described as his continent's answer to Lamine Yamal and the jewel of South Africa in Relebohile Mofokeng. —

Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024 These gloves might just be the answer to your crack climbing woes (check out our review from a few years ago when these gloves were first released). —

The Editors, Outside Online, 1 Dec. 2024 The answer to all these questions is My Lady Jane, which blends together what should be a hodgepodge of mismatched elements into a wildly entertaining historical romance/fantasy/comedy/action chimera. —

Matt Kamen, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024 Whatever Pratt imagined for Indian schools as an answer to Indian persecution, the schools became, in the early decades especially, places of repression, punishment, and occasional savagery. —

Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for answer to (something)

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