bring someone to book for something

См. также в других словарях:

• bring someone to book — british phrase to punish someone, or to make them explain their behaviour publicly when they have done something wrong If policemen have lied, then they must be brought to book. Thesaurus: to punish someonesynonym punishment of being legally… …   Useful english dictionary

• bring someone to book — If somebody is brought to book, they are punished or made to account for something they have done wrong …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• bring someone to book —    If somebody is brought to book, they are punished or made to account for something they have done wrong.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• Bring someone to book —   If somebody is brought to book, they are punished or made to account for something they have done wrong …   Dictionary of English idioms

• book — book1 [ buk ] noun *** 1. ) count a set of printed pages fastened together inside a cover, that may contain a story, information, poems, or other forms of writing: a book by Nelson Mandela, entitled Long Walk to Freedom Please open your books to… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• book — I UK [bʊk] / US noun Word forms book : singular book plural books *** Talking or writing about books: novel a book that tells a story textbook a book you study at school, college, or university manual a book of instructions cookery book a book of …   English dictionary

• book — [[t]b ʊk[/t]] ♦ books, booking, booked 1) N COUNT A book is a number of pieces of paper, usually with words printed on them, which are fastened together and fixed inside a cover of stronger paper or cardboard. Books contain information, stories,… …   English dictionary

• For One More Day — is a 2006 novel taken place during the mid 1900 s by the acclaimed sportswriter and author Mitch Albom. It opens with the novel s protagonist planning to commit suicide. His adulthood is shown to have been rife with sadness. His own daughter didn …   Wikipedia

• bring sth about phrasal — verb (T) to make something happen: Computers have brought about many changes in the workplace. bring sb/sth around/round phrasal verb (T) 1 bring the conversation around/round to to deliberately and gradually introduce a new subject into a… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• bring */*/*/ — UK [brɪŋ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms bring : present tense I/you/we/they bring he/she/it brings present participle bringing past tense brought UK [brɔːt] / US [brɔt] past participle brought Collocations: If you bring, take, or fetch… …   English dictionary

• book — /bʊk / (say book) noun 1. a written or printed work of some length, as a treatise or other literary composition, especially on consecutive sheets fastened or bound together. 2. a number of sheets of writing paper bound together and used for… …