She is holding him to task

MSNBC legal correspondent Katie Phang was talking about the E. Jean Carroll case and that Carroll is holding Trump “to task”. Here’s the clip:

This is a congruent conflation of “take (one) to task” and “hold (one) accountable”, both meaning to hold someone responsible for what they do and demand a satisfactory reason for it. A tip of the hat to Mike Kovacs for spotting this one and sending it in!



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