take to task
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Synonyms:
reprove, criticize Collocations, criticise , judge Collocations, censure, scold Collocations, reprimand, reprehend, tell off , tick off , call to account, bring to book, castigate, chastise, admonish, lecture Collocations, rebuke Collocations, upbraid, tear off a strip , have words with , chide