German-English translation for "vorknöpfen"

"vorknöpfen" English translation

vorknöpfen
transitives Verb | transitive verb v/t <trennbar | separabletrennb; -ge-; h>

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to take to task
examples
  • sich (Dativ | dative (case)dat) jemanden vorknöpfen umgangssprachlich | familiar, informalumg
    to takejemand | somebody sb to task
    sich (Dativ | dative (case)dat) jemanden vorknöpfen umgangssprachlich | familiar, informalumg
That is sufficient for American regulators to be able to take SWIFT to task in Belgium.
Das reicht aus, dass sich amerikanische Regulierer Swift in Belgien vorknöpfen können.
Source: Europarl
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