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put to the question

VERB

question

Synonyms

STRONGEST

challenge examine grill interrogate interview investigate query quiz search seek

STRONG

catechize enquire hit inquire petition probe pry pump quest solicit

WEAK

ask about cross-examine give the third degree go over hit up hold out for make inquiry pick one's brains put through the wringer raise question show curiosity sound out sweat it out of work over

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answer reply

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With this form of being "put to the question" I will have nothing to do.

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

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

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

And if the suffrage being taken, the major vote be in the non-sincere, the cause shall be reheard upon the next juridicial day following, and put to the question in the same manner.

From The Commonwealth of Oceana by Harrington, James

The story is, that it was put to the question whether Timocreon should be banished for siding with the Persians, and Themistocles gave his vote against him.

From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh

The goat having performed his simple tricks in the presence of the court, and Esmeralda still refusing to admit her guilt, the president ordered her to be put to the question.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur

put to the question

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