call to account

[call to account] {v. phr.}

1. To ask (someone) to explain why he did something wrong (as breaking a rule).

* /The principal called Jim to account after Jim left school early without permission./

2. To scold (as for wrong conduct); reprimand.

* /The father called his son to account for disobeying him./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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