take you to task

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 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

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