Definition of call down

Definitions

Verb

summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"

Verb

censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger''s car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"

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Synonyms

arouse bawl out berate bring up call forth call on the carpet chew out chew up chide conjure conjure up dress down evoke have words invoke jaw lambast lambaste lecture put forward rag raise rebuke remonstrate reprimand reproof scold stir take to task trounce

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More General Terms

create criticise criticize knock make pick apart

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More Specific Terms

anathemise anathemize bedamn beshrew bless brush down castigate chasten chastise correct curse damn imprecate maledict objurgate tell off

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