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call on the carpet
Overview of verb call-on-the-carpet
The verb call on the carpet has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast -- (censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup")
Antonyms of verb call-on-the-carpet
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb call-on-the-carpet
1 sense of call on the carpet
Sense 1
call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
=> knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
=> comment, notice, remark, point out
=> note, observe, mention, remark
=> state, say, tell
=> express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb call-on-the-carpet
1 sense of call on the carpet
Sense 1
call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
=> chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct
=> tell off, brush down
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb call-on-the-carpet
1 sense of call on the carpet
Sense 1
call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
=> knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
'Cause To' of verb call-on-the-carpet
Derived Forms of verb call-on-the-carpet
Domain of verb call-on-the-carpet
Domain Terms of verb call-on-the-carpet
Familiarity of verb call-on-the-carpet
call on the carpet used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb call-on-the-carpet
1 sense of call on the carpet
Sense 1
call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb call-on-the-carpet
1 sense of call on the carpet
Sense 1
call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
> knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
=> reprimand, censure, criminate
=> savage, pillory, crucify
=> admonish, reprove
=> call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
=> reprehend
=> deplore
=> belabor, belabour
=> come down
=> denounce
=> blame, find fault, pick
=> disparage, belittle, pick at
=> nitpick
=> attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb call-on-the-carpet
Sense 1
call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
=> knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
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