take to court



take someone to court

to sue someone; to force someone to appear in court. I will take you to court if you persist in pestering my client. Don was taken to court in a negligence suit.
See also: court, take

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Hale (2)HAYLEnglish
DagmarDAHK-mahr (German), DAHG-mahr (Finnish)Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, German, Czech, Slovak, Finnish
Alannaə-LAN-əEnglish
Peachey['pi:tʃi]
Fridenot-Ancient Germanic
Anuj-Indian, Hindi, Marathi