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hold accountable
(redirected from hold responsible)

   Also found in: Legal 0.01 sec.
hold someone accountable (for something) and hold someone responsible (for something)
to consider someone responsible for something; to blame something on someone. I hold you accountable for John's well-being. I must hold you responsible for the missing money.
See also: hold


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The leaders of India and Afghanistan on Monday decried last month's bombing of New Delhi's mission in the Afghan capital — but made no mention of the country both hold responsible for the attack: Pakistan.
By getting a co-signer, the lender then has two people to hold responsible for the loan.
THERE is a decided tendency on the part of the courts to hold responsible for the payment of damages, any person or concern, produring or benefiting by the use or operation of an automobile owned by another, on account of accidents arising through such use or operation.
 
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