A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

Note: 
The expression does not correlate in meaning with the
phrase do justice to oneself—(also: do oneself justice) perform
smth. in a manner worthy of one’s abilities: I’m not going to
enter into the question of whether Tagore did justice to himself
as translator.
bring someone under control • bring someone
under one’s control
bring someone under control —subject a person to restraint
of behavior: Princess Máxima tried to bring the children under
control with a stern face, but failed at the attempt.
bring someone under one’s control —achieve dominion over a
person; subject smb. to one’s authority: The dictator was at
last able to bring the army under his control.
bring someone up • bring someone up short
bring someone up —raise a child; educate a person: I was
brought up on a farm in Somerset and have been riding and
hunting almost since I could walk.
bring someone up short—confound or confuse smb.: A trans-
lator is often brought up short by simple words that have no
exact equivalent in another language.
bring something into challenge • lay challenge to
something
bring something into challenge —express serious doubts about
smth.: After each publication … there always turn up some
authors who bring into challenge these conclusions.
lay challenge to something —
1
. lay claim to smth.; demand
smth. as one’s due: We can’t imagine that Calgary thinks it
can lay challenge to being the most cultured. 2. = bring some-
thing into challenge: But was it suicide? Too many deaths, too
many suspicious circumstances lay challenge to that pronun-
ciation.
bring something into question • call something
into question
bring something into question —raise the issue of smth.: My
promotion brings into question the status of certain other
members of staff.
call something into question —(also: put something in question)
express doubts about smth.: His moral standards have been
called into question.