call on the carpet

Verb call on the carpet has 1 sense

• call on the carpet(v = verb.communication) bawl out, berate, call down, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, trounce - 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"
is one way to criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody