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31call\ 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… …
32knight of the carpet — noun also knight of the chamber (plural knights of the carpet) 1. : a knight who is knighted in formal ceremony (as kneeling in a royal audience chamber) as distinguished from one knighted informally on the field of battle compare carpet knight 2 …
33brush under the carpet — If you brush something under the carpet, you are making an attempt to ignore it, or hide it from others …
34call on the carpet — If you are called on the carpet, you are summoned for a reprimand by superiors or others in power …
35sweep things under the carpet — If people try to ignore unpleasant things and forget about them, they sweep them under the carpet …
36sweep under the carpet — ► sweep under the carpet conceal or ignore (a problem) in the hope that it will be forgotten. Main Entry: ↑carpet …
37(be called) on the carpet — (be/get called) on the ˈcarpet idiom (informal, especially NAmE) called to see sb in authority because you have done sth wrong • I got called on the carpet for being late. Main entry: ↑carpetidiom …
38(get called) on the carpet — (be/get called) on the ˈcarpet idiom (informal, especially NAmE) called to see sb in authority because you have done sth wrong • I got called on the carpet for being late. Main entry: ↑carpetidiom …
39call on the carpet — verb To reprimand; to censure severely or angrily. Syn: bawl out, berate, call down, carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down …
40call on the carpet — vp To scold, chastise. The third time Winfred was late for work the boss called him out on the carpet. 1900s …