Australian English Meaning of taking to task
Giving someone a dressing down
Other Australian English words related to Giving someone a dressing down
- Blaming
- condemning
- denouncing
- fault
- knocking
- Come down hard (on)
- critical
- fault-finding
- attacking
- critical
- disapproving
- kicking
- panning
- reprimanding
- telling off
- slagging
- slamming
- slashing
- nicking (at)
- sniping (at)
- Tweaking
- admonishing
- assailing
- blasting
- carping
- cavilling
- scolding
- whingeing
- disparaging
- gibbeting
- whinging
- growling
- whingeing
- lashing
- moaning
- murmuring
- muttering
- Nagging
- quibbling
- Reprimanding
- skewering
- whinging
- whingeing
- whinging
- clobbering
- crabbing
- dissing
- whingeing
- whinge
- Putting down
Nearest Words of taking to task
- taking to => taking to
- taking the floor => Taking the floor
- taking ship => Boarding a ship
- taking out => taking out
- taking one's time => Taking one's time
- taking on => taking on
- taking off (on) => taking off (on)
- taking off (from) => Taking off from
- taking off => taking off
- taking issue => taking issue with
Definitions and Meaning of taking to task in English
taking to task
to call (someone) to account for a shortcoming
FAQs About the word taking to task
Giving someone a dressing down
to call (someone) to account for a shortcoming
Blaming,condemning,denouncing,fault,knocking,Come down hard (on),critical,fault-finding,attacking,critical
Approving,endorsing,praising,recommending,endorsing,lauding,sanctioning,commending
taking to => taking to, taking the floor => Taking the floor, taking ship => Boarding a ship, taking out => taking out, taking one's time => Taking one's time,
