get taken to task (by someone)

get taken to task (by someone)

Idiom: get taken to task (by someone)

Meaning

To be scolded, rebuked, reprimanded, or criticized (by someone).

Examples

I got taken to task by the headmaster for disrupting class again

It’s not entirely fair that the bankers are the only ones getting taken to task for the economic collapse when a great many politicians are to blame as well.

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What does the idiom ‘get taken to task (by someone)’ mean?

To be scolded, rebuked, reprimanded, or criticized (by someone).

How do you use ‘get taken to task (by someone)’ in a sentence?

I got taken to task by the headmaster for disrupting class again

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