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单词
bring sb to book
释义
bring sb to book
phrase
If you
bring
someone
to book
, you punish them for an offence or make them explain their behaviour officially.
Police should be asked to investigate so that the guilty can be brought to book soon.
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bring someone to book
to punish someone officially for something wrong that they have done
No-one has yet been brought to book for a crime which outraged Italy.
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put on
put-on
put on a brave face
put on a brave face/put a brave face on
put on airs and graces
put on a pedestal
put one across
put one in mind of
put one over on
put one over on someone
put one's back into
put-ones-back-into
put one's best foot forward
put-ones-best-foot-forward
put one's bottom dollar on
put one's cards on the table
put one's feet up
put one's finger on
put one's finger on sth
put one's foot down
put one's foot in it
put one's hand to the plough
put one's head above the parapet/keep one's head below the parapet
put-ones-head-above-the-parapet-keep-ones-head-below-the-parapet
put one's head in a noose
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