Farmers took the large supermarket chains to task over their ruthless pricing.
Financial and business terms. 2012.
take sth to task over sth — take sb/sth to task (over sth) ► to criticize a person, group of people, or an organization for doing something that you think is very wrong: »Farmers took the large supermarket chains to task over their ruthless pricing. Main Entry: ↑task … Financial and business terms
take sb/sth to task over sth — take sb/sth to task (over sth) ► to criticize a person, group of people, or an organization for doing something that you think is very wrong: »Farmers took the large supermarket chains to task over their ruthless pricing. Main Entry: ↑task … Financial and business terms
take somebody to task (over something) — take sb to ˈtask (for/over sth) idiom to criticize sb strongly for sth they have done • The local newspaper has been taking the city council to task over its transport policy. Main entry: ↑taskidiom … Useful english dictionary
take sb to task — take sb/sth to task (over sth) ► to criticize a person, group of people, or an organization for doing something that you think is very wrong: »Farmers took the large supermarket chains to task over their ruthless pricing. Main Entry: ↑task … Financial and business terms
take somebody to task (for something) — take sb to ˈtask (for/over sth) idiom to criticize sb strongly for sth they have done • The local newspaper has been taking the city council to task over its transport policy. Main entry: ↑taskidiom … Useful english dictionary
task — [tɑːsk ǁ tæsk] noun [countable] 1. a piece of work that must be done, especially one that must be done regularly: • Scheduling is a key task for most managers. • day to day management tasks • computers that can do dozens of tasks at the same time … Financial and business terms
take sb/sth to task — (over sth) ► to criticize a person, group of people, or an organization for doing something that you think is very wrong: »Farmers took the large supermarket chains to task over their ruthless pricing. Main Entry: ↑task … Financial and business terms
take sth to task — take sb/sth to task (over sth) ► to criticize a person, group of people, or an organization for doing something that you think is very wrong: »Farmers took the large supermarket chains to task over their ruthless pricing. Main Entry: ↑task … Financial and business terms
mind — mind1 W1S1 [maınd] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(ability to think and imagine)¦ 2 change your mind 3 make up your mind/make your mind up 4 have somebody/something in mind (for something) 5 bear/keep somebody/something in mind 6 with somebody/something in mind 7… … Dictionary of contemporary English
pick — pick1 W1S1 [pık] v [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(choose something)¦ 2¦(flowers/fruit etc)¦ 3¦(remove something)¦ 4 pick your way through/across/among etc something 5 pick your nose 6 pick your teeth 7 pick somebody s brains 8 pick a quarrel/fight (with… … Dictionary of contemporary English
