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calling to account

calling to account is the present participle and gerund of call to account.

Meaning of call to account

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

Questions about calling to account

What is calling to account the present participle and gerund of?
Calling to account is the present participle and gerund of call to account.

Words near calling to account in the dictionary

  1. calling the shots
  2. calling the tune
  3. calling them as one sees them
  4. calling time
  5. calling to
  6. calling to account
  7. calling to mind
  8. calling to order
  9. calling to task
  10. calling to the bar
  11. calling together

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