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Synonyms for "take to task" in English

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take to task:
- lecture; jaw; rag; scold; rebuke; reprimand; chide; trounce; reproof; dress down; bawl out; call on the carpet; take to task; berate; call down

English

Detailed Synonyms for take to task in English

take to task:

take to task verbe

take to task

– censure severely or angrily ¹
lecture; to jaw; to rag; to scold; to rebuke; to reprimand; to chide; to trounce; reproof; dress down; to bawl out; call on the carpet; take to task; berate; call down
– censure severely or angrily ¹
- lecture verbe
- jaw verbe (jaws, jawed, jawing)
- rag verbe (rags, ragged, ragging)
  - The deputy ragged the Prime Minister¹
- scold verbe (scolds, scolded, scolding)
  - The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car¹
- rebuke verbe (rebukes, rebuked, rebuking)
- reprimand verbe (reprimands, reprimanded, reprimanding)
- chide verbe (chides, chided, chiding)
- trounce verbe (trounces, trounced, trouncing)
- reproof verbe
- dress down verbe
- bawl out verbe (bawls out, bawled out, bawling out)
- call on the carpet verbe
- take to task verbe
- berate verbe
- call down verbe

Alternate Synonyms for "take to task":

call on the carpet; rebuke; rag; trounce; reproof; lecture; reprimand; jaw; dress down; call down; scold; chide; berate; bawl out; remonstrate; chew out; chew up; have words; lambaste; lambast; knock; criticize; criticise; pick apart

Related Definitions for "take to task":

censure severely or angrily¹

Related Synonyms for take to task

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University