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2024
call_on_the_carpet
call on the carpet
English
Verb
call
on
the
carpet
(
chiefly
US
)
To
reprimand
; to
censure
severely
or
angrily
.
Synonyms
Synonyms for "call on the carpet"
bawl out
berate
call down
carpet
(
British
)
chew out
chew up
chide
dress down
have words
jaw
lambaste
lecture
rag
rebuke
remonstrate
reprimand
reproof
scold
tell off
trounce
Related terms
on the carpet
Translations
reprimand
Dutch:
op het matje roepen
French:
réprimander
(fr)
Russian:
вы́звать на кове́р
(
výzvatʹ na kovjór
)
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