Usually means: Criticize or scold someone severely.
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  1. take to task: Merriam-Webster
  2. take to task: Collins English Dictionary
  3. take to task: Vocabulary.com
  4. take to task: Wiktionary
  5. take to task: Dictionary.com
  6. take to task: FreeDictionary.org
  7. take to task: Mnemonic Dictionary
  8. take to task: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. take to task: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. take to task: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. take to task: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. take to task: Idioms

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verb:  (idiomatic) To lecture, berate, admonish, or hold somebody accountable for his or her actions.

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