take+to+task

  • 21task — Synonyms and related words: accuse, affair, agency, agentship, allege, arraign, article, assignment, attempt, authority, authorization, blame, book, bother, brevet, bring accusation, bring charges, bring to book, burden, burden with, business,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 22task — n 1. duty, job, chore, odd job, work, devoir; assignment, lesson, exercise, homework; commission, mission, engagement, errand, quest. 2. labor, toil, drudgery, work, strain; difficulty, travail, tribulation, trial, passion; sweat, fag, grind,… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 23take down — Synonyms and related words: abase, abash, admonish, bear down, beat down, blow down, blow over, book, bowl down, bowl over, break down, bring down, bring low, bring to book, bulldog, bulldoze, burn down, calendar, call to account, carve, cast… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 24task — See: TAKE TO TASK …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 25task — See: TAKE TO TASK …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 26task — See: take to task …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 27take to do — (Colloq.) Reprove, take to task …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 28task — [tɑːsk ǁ tæsk] noun [countable] 1. a piece of work that must be done, especially one that must be done regularly: • Scheduling is a key task for most managers. • day to day management tasks • computers that can do dozens of tasks at the same time …

    Financial and business terms

  • 29take — [tāk] vt. took, taken, taking [ME taken < OE tacan < ON taka < ? IE base * dēg , to lay hold of] I to get possession of by force or skill; seize, grasp, catch, capture, win, etc. 1. to get by conquering; capture; seize 2. to trap, snare …

    English World dictionary

  • 30Take Ichi convoy — Part of Pacific War …

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