be taken to task (by someone)
be taken to task (by someone)
To be scolded, rebuked, reprimanded, or held accountable (by someone). I was taken to task by the headmaster for disrupting class again. It's not entirely fair that the bankers are the only ones being taken to task for the economic collapse, when a great many politicians are to blame as well.
See also: taken, task
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- get taken to task (by someone)
- take a telling-off
- give somebody/get what for
- get (the) what for
- break into a smile
- get hell about (something)
- deem that it is necessary
- get hell for (something)
- catch hell for (something)
- have somebody at your mercy