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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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