take someone to court

US /teɪk ˈsʌmwʌn tə kɔːrt/
UK /teɪk ˈsʌmwʌn tə kɔːrt/
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poursuivre en justice, intenter un procès à

to bring a lawsuit against someone; to sue someone

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My neighbor threatened to take me to court over the fence dispute.
Mon voisin a menacé de me poursuivre en justice à propos du litige sur la clôture.
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If they don't pay, we'll have to take them to court.
S’ils ne paient pas, nous devrons les poursuivre en justice.
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sueprosecutefile a lawsuit againstbring legal action againstlitigate against
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the ball is in someone's courtcourttake someone's advicetake someone hostagetake someone for a ridetake someone's word for ittake someone/something seriously