A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

call one’s shots • call the shots
call one’s shots —
1
. tell in advance the result of a game, etc.:
Nothing ever happens as John says it will. He is very poor at
calling his shots. 2. announce what one is about to do; reveal
one’s plans, etc. beforehand: You can hardly expect so adroit
a politician to call his shots.
call the shots —(also: call all the shots) be in charge; decide
on the course of action: Tom is a first-rate leader who knows
how to call the shots.
Note: 
Neither expression correlates in meaning with the phrase
call shotgun—(coll.) claim the seat beside the driver in an au-
tomobile: If someone has successfully called shotgun, this gives
them no right whatsoever to correct the driver on their navi -
gation skills.
call someone down • call someone up
call someone down —reprimand a person severely: He was
called down again because of being late.
call someone up —
1
. telephone smb.: Maybe one day I’ll call
by word of mouth
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you up and we can go see a movie. 2. summon a person for
military service: If war breaks out, we shall be called up at
once.
call someone on the carpet • roll out the red
 carpet for someone
call someone on the carpet—call a person before an authority
for censure or reprimand: Less than two hours after sending
the e-mail, she was called on the carpet and instructed to send
a disclaimer.
roll out the red carpet for someone —accord ceremonial cour-
tesy to a person of rank: The whole town knows what kind of
person he is and has no intention of rolling out the red carpet
for him when he arrives.
Note: 
The expression is not antonymous in meaning to the
phrase pull the carpet from under someone—(also: pull the
rug from under someone) weaken or unsettle a person by an un-
expected withdrawal of support, etc.: When Jane’s uncle stopped
giving her a loan half-way through her university education,
it pulled the carpet from under her.