take to task
Example Sentences
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This is a significant development, an attempt to legally take to task a social-media company over its actions during the conflict in Ethiopia.
From BBC • Dec. 13, 2022
Maloni thinks the league will have to "come down hard" on Brady and applauded the NFL for "coming out with such a thorough report that does seems to take to task its golden boy."
From Reuters • May 8, 2015
Lehrer also told Payne that “he would take to task some of the things away from the Bob Dylan quotes with regard to the Imagine book” and that “he still stands by the book.”
From Slate • Mar. 31, 2015
In 1966, Ted Williams used the same platform to take to task what was until then the omission of former Negro League greats from the Hall’s annual ballots.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 2015
The venerable Pontiff was still able to take to task the indiscreet writers who, from mistaken zeal, maintained that such an incongruous coalition had taken place or was possible.
From Pius IX. And His Time by Dawson, Æneas MacDonell
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
