put to the question

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With this form of being "put to the question" I will have nothing to do.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896 by Various

The case, well put, found strength in the contention that the last move had not been made, since the three most important characters in the play had not been put to the question.

From The Art of Disappearing by Smith, John Talbot

Sacred customs, venerable dooms of ancestral wisdom, hallowed by tradition and professing to hold good for all time, are put to the question.

From Evolution and Ethics by Huxley, Thomas Henry

And be this one of the morals of my tedious discussion—'Let the little rogues who would not be put to the question, as I may call it, choose accordingly.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 3 by Richardson, Samuel

He has been brought here to be put to the question, in the mediæval, and Chinese, sense!

From The Devil Doctor by Rohmer, Sax