bring to account

bring someone to account

Fig. to confront someone with a record of misdeeds and errors. The committee decided to bring Martha to account. Martha was brought to account by the committee.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Paca	PAH-kah	Spanish
Bengta	BENKT-ah	Swedish
Raziela	-	Hebrew
Ackerman	['ækəmən]
&Aelig;Thelric	-	Anglo-Saxon (Latinized)
Adam	A-dəm (English), a-DAWN (French), AH-dahm (German, Polish), AH:-dahm (Dutch), ah-DAHM (Russian, Ukrainian)	English, French, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Russian, Ukrainia