call on the carpet

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call on the carpet Definition

• (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"

call on the carpet Synonyms

• bawl out
• berate
• call down
• call on the carpet
• chew out
• chew up
• chide
• dress down
• have words
• jaw
• lambast
• lambaste
• lecture
• rag
• rebuke
• remonstrate
• reprimand
• reproof
• scold
• trounce