( informal , especially NAmE ) called to see sb in authority because you have done sth wrong :
I got called on the carpet for being late.
( informal , especially NAmE ) called to see sb in authority because you have done sth wrong :
I got called on the carpet for being late.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005