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
Immanuel	-	German, Hebrew, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Svatava	-	Czech
Marianna	mer-ee-AN-ə (English), mar-ee-AN-ə (English), mahr-YAHN-nah (Polish)	Italian, English, Hungarian, Slovak, Polish, Greek
Zinoviya	-	Russian
Tomasz	TAW-mahsh	Polish
KĘStutis	-	Lithuanian