take to task : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: take to task	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
take to task v censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" Synonym(s): call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast