Complete Definition of "call on the carpet"

English
Verb
to call on the carpet (calling on the carpet, called on the carpet, called on the carpet)

#To censure severely or angrily; to reprimand.

Synonyms
bawl out
berate
call down
chew out
chew up
chide
dress down
have words
jaw
lambaste
lecture
rag
rebuke
remonstrate
reprimand
reproof
scold
tell off
trounce

Translations
Russian: в�зва�� на кове� (výzvat' na kov'ór)

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