hold to account

Definitions

1. 1

   To require a person to explain or to accept responsibility for his or her actions

   To require a person to explain or to accept responsibility for his or her actions; to blame or punish someone for what has occurred.

   • [W]hatever they decided to do out there in the wilderness meant thousands of dollars to the stockholders somewhere up in God's country, who would some day hold them to account.
   • While Harley had been in no way responsible for Pelton's murderous attack upon Yesler, public opinion held him to account.
   • [H]e issued stern warnings to tax evaders and lazy bureaucrats that he would hold them to account.

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