call on the carpet
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call on the carpet
verb calls on the carpet · calling on the carpet · called on the carpet
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To reprimand; to censure severely or angrily.
Randal calls onto the carpet Heath and Human Services Secretary Margaret Heckler for her department's negligence in responding to the AIDS crisis.
Similar: bawl out, berate, call down, carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambaste, lecture
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verb reprimand
| Français | réprimander |
|---|---|
| Русский | вы́звать на ковёр výzvatʹ na kovjór |
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