take to task

Found in thesaurus: pick apart, knock, criticise, criticize

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scold for a fault or error I was taken to task by the supervisor for not arriving at work on time.

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Synonyms and related words:
accuse, admonish, allege, arraign, article, book, bring accusation, bring charges, bring to account, bring to book, call to account, castigate, charge, chasten, chastise, chide, cite, complain, correct, deal with, denounce, denunciate, discipline, fasten on, fasten upon, finger, hang something on, have words with, impeach, imply, impute, indict, inflict upon, inform against, inform on, insinuate, lay charges, lecture, lodge a complaint, lodge a plaint, masthead, objurgate, penalize, pillory, pin on, prefer charges, press charges, punish, put on report, rate, rebuke, report, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, set down, set straight, settle with, spank, square accounts, straighten out, take down, task, taunt with, tax, twit, upbraid, visit upon
  

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Eng: take to task
Urdu: سرزنش کرنا ۔ خبر لینا ۔ پھٹکارنا ۔ لتاڑنا ۔ جھاڑنا ۔