- take you to task
- ask you to explain, haul you up on the carpet
Did Reverend Klinck take you to task for drinking beer? Did he tell you drinking is a sin?
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take you to task
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take someone to task — If you take someone to task, you scold them for something they have done wrong … The small dictionary of idiomes
take sb to task — take sb/sth to task (over sth) ► to criticize a person, group of people, or an organization for doing something that you think is very wrong: »Farmers took the large supermarket chains to task over their ruthless pricing. Main Entry: ↑task … Financial and business terms
take sth to task — take sb/sth to task (over sth) ► to criticize a person, group of people, or an organization for doing something that you think is very wrong: »Farmers took the large supermarket chains to task over their ruthless pricing. Main Entry: ↑task … Financial and business terms
take sb to task over sth — take sb/sth to task (over sth) ► to criticize a person, group of people, or an organization for doing something that you think is very wrong: »Farmers took the large supermarket chains to task over their ruthless pricing. Main Entry: ↑task … Financial and business terms
take sth to task over sth — take sb/sth to task (over sth) ► to criticize a person, group of people, or an organization for doing something that you think is very wrong: »Farmers took the large supermarket chains to task over their ruthless pricing. Main Entry: ↑task … Financial and business terms
task — [tɑːsk ǁ tæsk] noun [countable] 1. a piece of work that must be done, especially one that must be done regularly: • Scheduling is a key task for most managers. • day to day management tasks • computers that can do dozens of tasks at the same time … Financial and business terms
task — [[t]tɑ͟ːsk, tæ̱sk[/t]] ♦♦ tasks, tasking, tasked 1) N COUNT: usu N of ing, supp N A task is an activity or piece of work which you have to do, usually as part of a larger project. Walker had the unenviable task of breaking the bad news to Hill … English dictionary
take away — verb 1. remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state (Freq. 5) Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands The car carried us off to the meeting I ll take you away… … Useful english dictionary
task — noun (C) 1 a piece of work that must be done, especially one that is difficult or unpleasant or that must be done regularly (+ of): He was given the task of stacking the chairs in the auditorium. | the grim task of identifying the dead | daily… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
task*/*/*/ — [tɑːsk] noun [C] something that you have to do, often something that is difficult or unpleasant routine/daily tasks[/ex] Ken began the difficult task of organizing the information.[/ex] • take sb to task to severely criticize someone[/ex] Words… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
