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call onto the carpet

call onto the carpet is the alternative form of call on the carpet.

Meaning of call on the carpet

Verb

call on the carpet (third-person singular simple present calls on the carpet, present participle calling on the carpet, simple past and past participle called on the carpet)

  1. (US) To reprimand; to censure severely or angrily.
    • Randal calls onto the carpet Heath and Human Services Secretary Margaret Heckler for her department's negligence in responding to the AIDS crisis.1984 August 4, Sue Hyde, “Too Little, Too Late”, in Gay Community News, page 2

Forms of call onto the carpet

third-person singular presentcalls onto the carpet
present participlecalling onto the carpet
past participlecalled onto the carpet
pastcalled onto the carpet

Questions about call onto the carpet

What is call onto the carpet the alternative form of?
Call onto the carpet is the alternative form of call on the carpet.

Words near call onto the carpet in the dictionary

  1. call off
  2. call off the dogs
  3. call office
  4. call on
  5. call on the carpet
  6. call onto the carpet
  7. call option
  8. call options
  9. call originator
  10. call originators
  11. call out

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