Usually means: Summoned for reprimand or scolding.
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  1. call (someone) on the carpet, call on the carpet: Merriam-Webster
  2. call on the carpet: Vocabulary.com
  3. call on the carpet: Wiktionary
  4. call on the carpet: Dictionary.com
  5. call on the carpet: Rhymezone
  6. call on the carpet: FreeDictionary.org
  7. call on the carpet: Mnemonic Dictionary
  8. call on the carpet: TheFreeDictionary.com

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verb:  (chiefly US) To reprimand; to censure severely or angrily.

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