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Get Called On The Carpet...........
To scold, rebuke, or reprimand someone. To reprimand a subordinate, or demand that they explain their actions.
Origin..The expression call on the carpet has been in usage since at least 1881, when it appeared in a glossary of words and idioms published by the English Dialect Society.
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