{"id":241,"date":"2014-07-12T09:19:19","date_gmt":"2014-07-12T09:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=241"},"modified":"2014-07-12T09:19:19","modified_gmt":"2014-07-12T09:19:19","slug":"idiomatic-expressions-using-the-word-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/idiomatic-expressions-using-the-word-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Idiomatic expressions using the word account"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a list of idiomatic expressions using the word account.<\/p>\n<h3>Bring \/ hold \/ call someone to account<\/h3>\n<p>To bring someone to account is to force them to publicly explain why they committed a crime or made a mistake.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The opposition has decided to bring the minister to account.<\/li>\n<li>The Principal who misappropriated the funds was called to account by the Vice Chancellor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>By all accounts \/ from all accounts<\/h3>\n<p>This expression is used to suggest that you are saying something based on what people say.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He is, by all accounts, the best footballer of our times. (= Everybody says that he is the best footballer of our times.)<\/li>\n<li>Martin is, by all accounts, the most ambitious person I have ever known.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>By your own account<\/h3>\n<p>According to what you yourself have said.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>By his own account, he was not keen on joining the company.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Give a good account of yourself<\/h3>\n<p>To give a good account of yourself is to perform or behave well.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The team couldn\u2019t win the championship but they gave a good account of themselves coming second overall.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Of no account \/ of little account<\/h3>\n<p>If something is of no account, it is not important.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We are looking to recruit candidates who can deliver exceptional performance. Their race or nationality is of no account.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>On someone&#8217;s account<\/h3>\n<p>If you do something on someone\u2019s account, you do it because you think they want you to do it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You don\u2019t have to make any special arrangements on my account.<\/li>\n<li>We prepared a lavish dinner on his account.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>On account of<\/h3>\n<p>On account of means because of<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He retired at forty on account of ill-health.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>On no account<\/h3>\n<p>This expression is used to say that something must not happen or must not be done.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On no account should the captain be blamed for the loss.<\/li>\n<li>On no account can the doctor be blamed for the death of the patient.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>On your own account<\/h3>\n<p>When you do something on your own account, you do it by yourself or for yourself.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He works at a supermarket and earns $500 a week on his own account.<\/li>\n<li>He joined the army on his own account.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Settle an account \/ settle accounts with<\/h3>\n<p>To settle accounts with somebody is to get revenge on them.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The goon threatened to settle accounts with anyone who challenged him.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Take account of something \/ take something into account<\/h3>\n<p>To take account of something is to consider it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The government has to take account of environmental issues before going ahead with its plan to build the dam.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The government has to take environmental issues into account before \u2026.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>When you build your retirement fund, you must take inflation into account.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>You must take into account the fact that he is a postgraduate before offering to appoint him as your peon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Turn something to good account<\/h3>\n<p>To turn a situation or experience to good account is to make good use of it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She had a flair for words and turned it to good account by becoming a journalist.<\/li>\n<li>He turned his retirement time to good account by cultivating some highly profitable hobbies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a list of idiomatic expressions using the word account. 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