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Call on the carpet

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Verb
  1. 1
    To reprimand; to censure severely or angrily. US

    "Randal calls onto the carpet Heath and Human Services Secretary Margaret Heckler for her department's negligence in responding to the AIDS crisis."

  2. 2
    censure severely or angrily wordnet

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