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by JvaGoddess on April 4th, 2007

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Where did the phrase "called to task" come from? (Maybe it's better to phrase it "taken to task".)

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  • by hijklmno on April 4th, 2007

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    Brewer's Dictionary says: "To rebuke them; to call them to account. The idea is of challenging them to a task that one could have taken upon oneself."

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