| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Haul over the Coals | Literature | Take to task. Jamieson thinks it refers to the ordeal by fire, a suggestion which is favoured by the French corresponding phrase, mettre sur la sellette (to put on the culprit's stool). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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