be brought/called to account
mainly UKto be forced to explain something you did wrong, and usually to be punished:
We must ensure that the people responsible for the violence are brought to account.
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Punishing & punishments
- bar
- boot
- bring
- bum rap
- carrot
- carrot and stick idiom
- chastise
- clobber
- crucify
- kick
- kick (some) ass idiom
- non-custodial
- parking ticket
- penal
- penalize
- string
- strip
- throw
- throw the book at sb idiom
- wheel clamp
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