bring to book

VERB

call to account

Synonyms

WEAK

call on the carpet read the riot act take to task tongue-lash

Example Sentences

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"I'm calling on the football authorities to investigate both matches and bring to book anyone found wanting. And if nobody is found guilty of any crime then so be it."

From BBC • Jul. 5, 2022

Sprigs of fashion by the dozen Thou dost bring to book, good cousin.

From The Poems of Schiller — Suppressed poems by Schiller, Friedrich

Remembering that I had been told on the previous day that the cook was short of fresh meat, I resolved to see how many I could bring to book.

From The Beautiful White Devil by Boothby, Guy Newell

Judging by their meaning glances at us, they considered us their mortal and cruel enemies whom it would be an act of sublime virtue to bring to book.

From The Ivory Trail by Mundy, Talbot

More than once I had the good fortune to be able to bring to book men who had carried on their trade for years, and who had been entirely unsuspected.

From My Strangest Case by Boothby, Guy