What do you have to say for yourself meaning in English

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Definition

What do you have to say for yourself?: What can you say to defend or explain yourself? idiom

Examples

"So, what do you have to say for yourself young lady, hmm?"
"I look forward to reading what you have to say for yourself."

Exercise 1

Specifically, what does Barbara Fusspot ask the marketing department to do?

There may be more than one correct answer!

Take down all the posters immediately.

Give Barbara Fusspot the phone number of the model in the posters.

Write to Barbara Fusspot and explain or defend the posters.

Edit the posters to make them more modest.

Specifically, what does Barbara Fusspot ask the marketing department to do?

There may be more than one correct answer!

Take down all the posters immediately.

Barbara Fusspot does not mention "taking down" or "removing" the posters in her email.

Give Barbara Fusspot the phone number of the model in the posters.

Barbara Fusspot is "outraged" by this "practically naked" model. She doesn't want to see any more of her!

Write to Barbara Fusspot and explain or defend the posters.

This is the right answer here. Barbara Fusspot writes "I look forward to reading what you have to say for yourself". To "hear what someone has to say for themself" is to get them to explain, justify, or defend their actions. Example: "This homework is awful! What do you have to say for yourself?".

Edit the posters to make them more modest.

This is not what Barbara Fusspot asks Susie to do.

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