give an account of
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Later, the UK Mission added in a statement: “If she wants to give an account of her actions she can do so in The Hague,” the Netherlands city where the ICC has its headquarters.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2023
How does this museum, does any universal museum, give an account of itself today?
From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2020
But when the Judiciary Committee asked Hill to give an account of her experience, she said, “I felt that I had to tell the truth. I could not keep silent.”
From The New Yorker • Oct. 10, 2018
During the hearing, the federal prosecutor puts an agent on the stand to give an account of what’s happened in the case, and then I am able to cross-examine.
From Washington Post • Jun. 20, 2018
‘We were the hunters, and you should give an account of yourselves to us first.’
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
