get taken to task (by someone)

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get taken to task (by someone)

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

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Isidora	ee-see-DHO-rah (Spanish), ee-zee-DO-rah (Italian), iz-i-DAWR-ə (English)	Serbian, Macedonian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian (Rare), Italian (Rare), English (Rare), Ancient Gr
Gowri	-	Tamil, Indian, Kannada
Honorina	-	Late Roman
Ron (2)	-	Hebrew
Jadwiga	yahd-VEE-gah	Polish
EmilÍA	-	Icelandic