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called to account

VERB

hold answerable

Synonyms

WEAK

blame cast a stone at hold accountable hold responsible

Example Sentences

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The difference between now and when she made the remarks is that she’s since learned how to hide better what she really believes so she can’t be called to account for it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

"If there are senior clergy who have broken the law then they need to be called to account," he added.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2024

Even gun manufacturers and sellers were called to account for marketing semi-automatic weapons to a group of young men who were particularly susceptible to a certain view of guns as powerful military ordnance.

From Slate • Nov. 20, 2023

Purveyors of hatred should be called to account.

From Salon • Dec. 6, 2022

Just before the court hearing where Governor Fau- bus would be called to account, the nine of us were summoned to Mrs. Bates’s house to meet with the press.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals