call on the carpet

English

Verb

call on the carpet

1. (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)
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• Russian: вы́звать на кове́р (výzvatʹ na kovér)