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To take someone to task

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Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase given in bold.
To take someone to task
1). to scold someone
2). to assign work to someone
3). to take someone to his place of work
4). to praise someone for the work done


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to scold someone is the correct answer as per the ssc answer key

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