كيف تنطق "call to account"

expression

KAWL tuh uh-KOWNT

التعريف

To demand that someone explain their actions or take responsibility for something they have done, often when something has gone wrong.

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈkɔɫ/ /ˈtu/, /tə/, /tɪ/ /əˈkaʊnt

الإنجليزية البريطانية

kˈɔːl/ /tˈuː/ /ɐkˈaʊnt

أمريكي

KAWL tuh uh-KOWNT

بريطاني

KAWL tuh uh-KOWNT

The manager will call to account the employee who made the mistake.

Teachers are often called to account for their students' results.

The company was called to account for its poor safety record.

It's about time someone was called to account for all this chaos.