hold to account (English, verb)
expansion: hold to account (third-person singular simple present holds to account, present participle holding to account, simple past and past participle held to account)
Senses:
glosses: To require a person to explain or to accept responsibility for his or her actions; to blame or punish someone for what has occurred.
tags: transitive
Forms:
form: holds to account
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: holding to account
tags: participle
present
form: held to account
tags: participle
past
form: held to account
tags: past