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call to account

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To challenge or contest; to hold answerable for something.

idiomatic

Equivalents

日本語問い質す
العربيةحاسب

Examples

“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."”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

call to mind call to order call to task call to the bar call together call up

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