in die Mangel nehmen

to take someone to task

Türkçe: birini hesaba çekmek

Noun

Mangel f.

Verb

nehmen

Topic

Alltag und Redewendungen

In a sentence

Die Journalistin nimmt den korrupten Politiker in der Sendung in die Mangel.

How it is used

Means 'to take someone to task' — interrogating or criticizing severely. Idiomatic, neutral/colloquial, used in accountability contexts. Common mistake: confusing with 'durch die Mangel drehen' (more intense).

Other verbs that go with Mangel

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• Mangel habento have a deficiency
• Mangel leidento suffer from a deficiency
• einen Mangel behebento fix a deficiency
• jdn. durch die Mangel drehento put someone through the wringer

All collocations with Mangel

Other collocations built on nehmen

• Abschied nehmen von+Dat.to bid farewell to
• seinen Abschied nehmento take one's leave
• Abstand nehmen von+Dat.to distance oneself from something
• sich in Acht nehmen vor+Dat.to be careful/watch out for a danger
• einen Anfang nehmento get under way
• etw. / jdn. in Anspruch nehmento use/claim something
• etw. in Angriff nehmento tackle/start something energetically
• Anstoß nehmen an+Dat.to take offense at something