Work & careers

stay accountable

keep responsibility for commitments

To stay accountable is to keep taking responsibility for doing what you have promised to do.

B2 common speech & writing

expression

Hear it in real life

Why do you send your exercise plan to your friend?

It helps me stay accountable.

Play the conversation

We meet every Friday to stay accountable for our weekly targets.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: stay accountable with my goals

Say: stay accountable for my goals

Use "accountable for" responsibilities and "accountable to" the person or group you answer to.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

stay accountable to someone; stay accountable for something

Your turn: say it out loud

We meet every Friday to stay accountable for our weekly targets.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

stay accountable

keep responsibility for commitments

“We meet every Friday to stay accountable for our weekly targets.”

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