The manager will call the team to account for the missing money.
call to account
idiomTo challenge or contest; to hold answerable for something.
After the project failed, the board members decided to call the director to account for his poor decisions.
The citizens demanded that the government be called to account for its failure to protect the environment during the recent industrial expansion.
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answer the call of nature
To satisfy a bodily urge to urinate or defecate.
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call a lid
To inform the press that no further news will be released from a governmental body that day.
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call a spade a spade
To put it bluntly, to be outspoken; to speak the truth, to describe things as they really are.
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call an audible
To change plans at the last minute in response to new information.
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call it
To call it a day
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call it a day
To cease an activity.
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call it a night
To go to bed to sleep.
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call it an early night
To go to bed or cease one's activities earlier in the evening than usual.