bring to book

Idioms  

1. Call to account, investigate. For example, He was acquitted, but one day soon he'll be brought to book, or As for your records, the IRS is sure to bring you to book concerning your tax deductions. This term uses book in the sense of “a written record,” such as an account book or ledger. [c. 1800]

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bring to book

"I'm calling on the football authorities to investigate both matches and bring to book anyone found wanting. And if nobody is found guilty of any crime then so be it."

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2022

Sprigs of fashion by the dozen Thou dost bring to book, good cousin.

From The Poems of Schiller — Suppressed poems by Friedrich Schiller

And these three distinguished members of la haute pegre, the aristocracy of roguery, had a reckoning to demand of Jacques Collin, accounts that were somewhat hard to bring to book.

From Scenes from a Courtesan's Life by Honoré de Balzac

Remembering that I had been told on the previous day that the cook was short of fresh meat, I resolved to see how many I could bring to book.

From The Beautiful White Devil by Guy Newell Boothby

Ay! true enough, girl, and we will bring to book the villain who did the deed.

From Beyond the Frontier A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West by Randall Parrish

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