call to task

present singular third person calls to task · participle present calling to task · participle past called to task · past called to task

1. alternativeAlternative form of take to task.

   They have transgressed the king's explicit orders, and fear that now they will be called to task, certainly censured, perhaps thrown into prison or even executed for their disobedience.

   2008, Shera Aranoff Tuchman, Sandra E. Rapoport, Moses' Women, →ISBN, page 25

2. Focus attention on and motivate to do the work at hand.

   Bold, swift action is required to call to task a variety of stakeholders—from academia to service providers, from professionals to lay health workers.

   2010, Allan Formicola, Lourdes Hernandez-Cordero, Mobilizing the Community for Better Health, →ISBN, page 261