Question

Choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/sentence:
To take one to task

• A. Disgrace
• B. Handle
• C. Entreat
• D. Rebuke

Answer 1

The correct option is D Rebuke

Option D: 'Rebuke' means 'speaking angrily to someone or criticize them because you disapprove of what they've said or done'.

'Take one to task' is an idiom that means 'to criticize someone severely'.

The word means the same as the idiom.

Hence this word substitutes the given words and option D is correct.

Option A: 'Disgrace' means 'to bring shame or discredit on'.

Option B: 'Handle' means 'to manage a situation or problem'.

Option C: 'Entreat' means 'to ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something'.

These words do not mean the same as the given group of words. So, it cannot replace them.

Hence options A, B and C are incorrect.