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From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
call on the carpet
v : censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child
for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the
Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter
for bringing cold soup" [syn: rebuke, rag, trounce,
reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down,
call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate,
chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
call on the carpet
vb.
(lb en chiefly US) To reprimand; to censure severely or angry.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
call on the carpet
vb.
(lb en chiefly US) To reprimand; to censure severely or angry.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
call on the carpet
vb.
(lb en chiefly US) To reprimand; to censure severely or angry.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
call on the carpet
vb.
(lb en chiefly US) To reprimand; to censure severely or angry.
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