Call down - definition, transcription
Amer.
|ˈkɒl ˈdaʊn|
Brit.
|kɔːl daʊn|
verb
- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic (syn: arouse, bring up, call forth, conjure, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise, stir)
call down the spirits from the mountain
- censure severely or angrily (syn: bawl out, berate, chide, dress down, jaw, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, trounce)Extra examples
The newspapers called down Tom's latest book.
The director called Jim down for being late again.
...I was called down by my supervisor for not catching the accounting error sooner....
A gentleman should call down any man who is rude to his wife.
As a last effort, the general called down heavy bombing on the enemy positions.
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