Definition of "on the carpet" []

• Being reprimanded or carpeted. (adjective)
• In or into a situation where one is reprimanded. (adverb)

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• "He lay flat on his back on the carpet with her sprawled chest-down on top of him, her chin at the approximate level of his breastbone, his hands resting on her waist."
• "Behind Mercier's head, the sun shone brightly through the window, bathing the desk and chair in its glow and replicating the shape of the glasswork on the carpet below."
• "Carter Paragon was in the second wooden chair, blood on the carpet around him."