on+the+carpet

  • 111be on the carpet — Be under consideration, be upon the tapis …

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  • 112on the carpet — idi summoned for a reprimand …

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  • 113Carpet — For other uses, see Carpet (disambiguation). The Azerbaijani carpet, a UNESCO Masterpiece of Intangible Heritage of Humanity …

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  • 114Carpet bombing — On May 14, 1940 at 1:22 p.m., German bombers set the whole inner city of Rotterdam ablaze, killing 814 of its inhabitants …

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  • 115Carpet beater — A carpet beater A carpet beater or carpetbeater (also referred to as a rug beater or rugbeater, mattenklopper, carpet whip, rug whip, clothes beater, dust beater or dustbeater, carpet duster, rug duster, or pillow fluffer, and formerly also as a… …

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  • 116carpet — noun 1 material for covering floors ADJECTIVE ▪ deep pile (esp. BrE), lush (esp. AmE), plush (AmE), shag (esp. AmE), shag pile (BrE), soft, thick ▪ …

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  • 117The Return of Jafar — Infobox Film name = The Return of Jafar caption = VHS cover director = Tad Stones producer = Tad Stones writer = Tad Stones Mark McCorkle Robert Schooley starring = Scott Weinger Jonathan Freeman Gilbert Gottfried Dan Castellaneta Linda Larkin… …

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  • 118carpet — n. 1) to beat a carpet 2) to lay a carpet 3) to take up a carpet (the carpet must be taken up and cleaned) 4) (misc.) to roll out the red carpet for smb. ( to give smb. a warm reception ); a flying, magic carpet; to call smb. on the carpet ( to… …

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  • 119carpet — car|pet1 W3S3 [ˈka:pıt US ˈka:r ] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: carpite, from Old Italian carpita, from carpire to pull out ] 1.) [U and C] heavy woven material for covering floors or stairs, or a piece of this material →↑carpeting,… …

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  • 120carpet — n. & v. n. 1 a thick fabric for covering a floor or stairs. b a piece of this fabric. 2 an expanse or layer resembling a carpet in being smooth, soft, bright, or thick (carpet of snow). v.tr. (carpeted, carpeting) 1 cover with or as with a carpet …

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