put to the question

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One politely and simply said: He was put to the question.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896 by Various

Sacred customs, venerable dooms of ancestral wisdom, hallowed by tradition and professing to hold good for all time, are put to the question.

From Evolution and Ethics by Huxley, Thomas Henry

But you yourself are a man of gallantry; and, possibly, were you to be put to the question, might not be able to vindicate every action of your life, any more than I. Col.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 8 by Richardson, Samuel

Ford would, if put to the question, have maintained quite sincerely that he was perfectly indifferent to Josephine, but that she did have remarkable eyelashes, and a man couldn't help looking at them.

From The Uphill Climb by Bower, B. M.

The Assembly unanimously decided, on January 20, 1793, that Louis was guilty; when the appeal was put to the question, 284 voices voted for, 424 against it; 10 declined voting.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir