call on the carpet

[call on the carpet] {v. phr.}, {informal} To call (a person) before an authority (as a boss or teacher) for a scolding or reprimand.

* /The worker was called on the carpet by the boss for sleeping on the job./

* /The principal called Tom on the carpet and warned him to stop coming to school late./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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