catflap.org Online Dictionary Query

  take sb. to task /tˈeɪk ˌɛsbˈiː tə tˈask/
  jdn. zur Rede stellen 
           Note: wegen etw.
     Synonyms: tackle sb., challenge sb.
  
   see: I challenged them on their behaviour/on this.
  
           Note: about; for sth.

  take sb. to task /tˈeɪk ˌɛsbˈiː tə tˈask/
  mit jdm. schimpfen , jdn. ausschimpfen, zurechtweisen, rügen, rüffeln, tadeln [geh.] , maßregeln [geh.] , schelten  [geh.]  [veraltend] , jdm. die Leviten lesen, die Ohren lang ziehen, einen Anschiss verpassen [slang] , heimleuchten  [geh.]
           Note: wegen etw.
     Synonyms: scold, reprimand, rebuke, reprove, reprehend, berate, objurgate, chide sb., tell off sb., tick off sb. to rake/haul/drag sb. over the coals
  
   see: scolding, reprimanding, rebuking, reproving, reprehending, berating, objurgating, chiding, taking to task, telling off, ticking off, scolded, reprimanded, rebuked, reproved, reprehended, berated, objurgated, chided/chidden/chid, taken to task, told off, ticked off, I told the boys off for making so much noise.
  

  take sb. to task /tˈeɪk ˌɛsbˈiː tə tˈask/
  sich jdn. vornehmen, sich jdn. vorknöpfen  [ugs.]
           Note: wegen
           Note: about

  责备某人，申斥某人

     责备某人

  take sb. to task
     v. 责备某人