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call to account

call to account verb: to challenge or contest; to hold answerable for something.

Verb

call to account (third-person singular simple present calls to account, present participle calling to account, simple past and past participle called to account)

  1. (idiomatic) To challenge or contest; to hold answerable for something.
    • "But, Doctor, aren't we to do anything to discover the culprits? A harmless dog is killed, an inoffensive man's reason, if not his life, endangered. Surely someone ought to be called to account—"1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London
    • TravelWatch SouthWest Chairman Chris Irwin said: "This is intolerable. The South West deserves levelling up, not running down. SWR and its sponsors in the Department of Transport must be called to account."2022 January 26, Paul Clifton, “"Intolerable" service cuts under emergency COVID timetables”, in RAIL, number 949, page 8

call to account meaning in Tamil

call to account in Tamil

கணக்குக் காட்டக் கூறு, காரணங் காட்டக் கோரு

Forms of call to account

third-person singular presentcalls to account
present participlecalling to account
past participlecalled to account
pastcalled to account

Questions about call to account

What does call to account mean?
Call to account means to challenge or contest; to hold answerable for something.
What is call to account in Tamil?
Call to account in Tamil is கணக்குக் காட்டக் கூறு, காரணங் காட்டக் கோரு. See Call to account meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is call to account?
Call to account is a verb.
What is the past tense of call to account?
The past tense of call to account is called to account.

Words near call to account in the dictionary

  1. call the tune
  2. call them as one sees them
  3. call time
  4. call times
  5. call to
  6. call to account
  7. call to action
  8. call to arms
  9. call to mind
  10. call to order
  11. call to prayer

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