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},
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"form": "calling on the carpet",
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{
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"ref": "1984 August 4, Sue Hyde, “Too Little, Too Late”, in Gay Community News, page 2",
"text": "Randal calls onto the carpet Heath and Human Services Secretary Margaret Heckler for her department's negligence in responding to the AIDS crisis.",
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"To reprimand; to censure severely or angrily."
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"(chiefly US) To reprimand; to censure severely or angrily."
],
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"word": "on the carpet"
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{
"word": "trip to the woodshed"
}
],
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"word": "bawl out"
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{
"word": "berate"
},
{
"word": "call down"
},
{
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"word": "carpet"
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"word": "chew out"
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"word": "chide"
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{
"word": "dress down"
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"word": "have words"
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"word": "jaw"
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{
"word": "lambaste"
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{
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{
"word": "remonstrate"
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"word": "trounce"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "reprimand",
"word": "op het matje roepen"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "reprimand",
"word": "vaibale kutsuma"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "reprimand",
"word": "réprimander"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "reprimand",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "brać na dywanik"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výzvatʹ na kovjór",
"sense": "reprimand",
"word": "вы́звать на ковёр"
}
]
}
],
"word": "call on the carpet"
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],
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"word": "bawl out"
},
{
"word": "berate"
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{
"word": "call down"
},
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"tags": [
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"word": "carpet"
},
{
"word": "chew out"
},
{
"word": "chew up"
},
{
"word": "chide"
},
{
"word": "dress down"
},
{
"word": "have words"
},
{
"word": "jaw"
},
{
"word": "lambaste"
},
{
"word": "lecture"
},
{
"word": "rag"
},
{
"word": "rebuke"
},
{
"word": "remonstrate"
},
{
"word": "reprimand"
},
{
"word": "reproof"
},
{
"word": "scold"
},
{
"word": "tell off"
},
{
"word": "trounce"
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],
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "reprimand",
"word": "op het matje roepen"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "reprimand",
"word": "vaibale kutsuma"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "reprimand",
"word": "réprimander"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "reprimand",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "brać na dywanik"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výzvatʹ na kovjór",
"sense": "reprimand",
"word": "вы́звать на ковёр"
}
],
"word": "call on the carpet"
}
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