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hold someone accountable
make someone take responsibility
To make someone accept responsibility for what they have done.
Hear it in real life
Should we criticize her for the delay?
We should hold her accountable, but we also need to hear her side.
Good team leaders hold everyone accountable for meeting their deadlines.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: The manager held him accountable of the mistake.
Say: The manager held him accountable for the mistake.
Use "accountable for," not "accountable of," before the thing someone must take responsibility for.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
hold someone accountable for something; be held accountable for something
Your turn: say it out loud
Good team leaders hold everyone accountable for meeting their deadlines.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
hold someone accountable
make someone take responsibility
“Good team leaders hold everyone accountable for meeting their deadlines.”
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