Take To Task Meaning

Take To Task is an idiom. The meaning of this idiom is (idiomatic) To lecture, berate, admonish, or hold somebody accountable for his or her actions.. Explore more Idiom Meanings.

Take To Task

(idiomatic) To lecture, berate, admonish, or hold somebody accountable for his or her actions.

Example : 1909, John Kendrick Bangs, The Autobiography of Methuselah, ch. 3:  [W]hen any of his descendants chose to take him to task for the crudeness of his manners he was accustomed to look them coldly over and retort that things had come to a pretty pass when comparatively new people ventured to instruct the oldest of the old settlers as to what was or was not good form.

Meaning of Take To Task

Take To Task is an idiom. It is one of the most commonly used expressions in English writings. Take To Task stands for (idiomatic) To lecture, berate, admonish, or hold somebody accountable for his or her actions.. Explore Urdupoint to find out more popular Idioms and Idiom Meanings, to amplify your writings

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