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calls to account

calls to account is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 calls to account

What is calls to account the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Calls to account is the third-person singular simple present indicative of call to account.

Words near calls to account in the dictionary

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

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