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keep someone accountable
make sure someone follows through
To make sure someone takes responsibility for their actions and does what they have promised to do.
Hear it in real life
How are you sticking to your exercise plan?
My sister keeps me accountable.
Our weekly meetings keep everyone accountable for their tasks.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: My sister keeps me responsibility for my exercise plan.
Say: My sister keeps me accountable for my exercise plan.
Learners may substitute the related noun “responsibility” for the adjective required after “keep me.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
keep someone accountable; keep yourself accountable
Your turn: say it out loud
Our weekly meetings keep everyone accountable for their tasks.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
keep someone accountable
make sure someone follows through
“Our weekly meetings keep everyone accountable for their tasks.”
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