
What Does “call on the carpet” mean?
Definition:
To reprimand; to censure severely or angrily.
Example(s)
I hope he wouldn’t be called on the carpet by the boss.
This idiom is in the furniture category.

To reprimand; to censure severely or angrily.
I hope he wouldn’t be called on the carpet by the boss.
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