| 单词 | call on the carpet |
| 释义 | call on the carpet (once / 303627 pages) v WORD FAMILY call on the carpet: called on the carpet USAGE EXAMPLESAnd you can be called on the carpet for it. New York Times(Aug 25, 2016) In early June, for the second time, officials were called on the carpet by a state-parliament committee to explain what went wrong with Yusuf. Wall Street Journal(Jun 30, 2016) No, you just want to have your bigotry and be able to celebrate it and not be called on the carpet for it. Salon(Feb 08, 2016) v censure severely or angrily Syn|Hypo|Hyper bawl out, berate, call down, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, trounce, vituperate castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, objurgate censure severely brush down, tell offreprimand flamecriticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws |
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