“the carpet”

The following 3 entries include the term the carpet.

knight of the carpet

noun

: a knight who is knighted in formal ceremony (as kneeling in a royal audience chamber) as distinguished from one knighted informally on the field of battle compare carpet knight

call (someone) on the carpet

idiom

: to criticize (someone) for doing something wrong

sweep (something) under the carpet

idiom

: to hide (something that is illegal, embarrassing, or wrong)


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