プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第３版)の解説
とりたてる【取り立てる】
I demand payment〔徴収する〕collect
- 税金を取り立てる
collect taxes - 彼は地代を借地人からきびしく取り立てた
He 「pressed his tenant hard [((口))put the screws on his tenant] for payment of the rent. - あの人は貸金をうるさく取り立てる
He 「persistently demands payment [duns／((口)) keeps after] those who owe him money.
II 〔引き立てる〕
- 彼は青木を課長に取り立てた
He promoted Aoki to (the post of) section chief.