Take (one) to task verb phrase
To scold someone
The man took kids to task for their acts of vandalism.
His mom has been taking him to task for two hours straight due to being spendthrift.
My teacher took me to task for forgetting doing homework.
A harsh reproof
1. To dress more informally than usual
2. To scold someone harshly
To scold someone severely or angrily
To secretly punish or rebuke someone for doing something.
If a person "gets a lot of grief from someone", he or she receives a strong criticism or judgment for something.
The verb "take" must be conjugated according to its tense.
To be very wet
Because of forgetting bringing an umbrella, I look like a drowned rat when it rains.