The following year, a large and expensive class action lawsuit was filed in order to hold accountable the party responsible for the disaster.
I searched on dictionary and only found "hold someone accountable (for something)" so I was confuse what does hold accountable in this sentence mean. What is the object of this sentence?
Best Answer
The expression you found in the dictionary is correct:
However sometimes we switch "someone" and "accountable", especially if the object is too long to fit in between "hold" and "accountable", as in your case (i.e. "the party responsible for the disaster").