call on the carpet
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call on the carpet (third-person singular simple present calls on the carpet, present participle calling on the carpet, simple past and past participle called on the carpet)
- (chiefly US) To reprimand; to censure severely or angrily.
- 1984 August 4, Sue Hyde, “Too Little, Too Late”, in Gay Community News, page 2:
- Randal calls onto the carpet Heath and Human Services Secretary Margaret Heckler for her department's negligence in responding to the AIDS crisis.
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