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take someone to task
phrase
to criticize or speak angrily to someone for something that they have done wrong: 责备（某人）
take someone to task for/over somethingShe took her assistant to task for/over her carelessness.她责备助手太粗心大意。
He took his students to task for failing to acknowledge their quotes correctly.
She was taken to task for some of the claims she had made in the article.
He gets annoyed when his wife takes him to task for using a dish towel to wipe the floor.
Her mother took her to task for speaking in dialect.
See also
tasknoun(SPEAK ANGRILY)
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