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be brought/called to account
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be brought/called to account (formal)
to be forced to explain something you did wrong, and usually to be punished. What concerns us most is that the people responsible for the violence should be brought to account.
See also: account, brought, call


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government that Israel was determined to spare no effort to investigate the matter and "if the allegations are confirmed those responsible will be brought to account, the unit involved in this activity will be completely and permanently dismantled, and necessary organizational steps will be taken to ensure that such activities are not repeated.
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With further drilling, inferred mineralization and extensions to the existing mineralized trends can be brought to account for an economic evaluation.
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