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call down meaning and definition
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Definition of call down (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"
- synonyms: arouse, bring up, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise, stir
- 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"
- synonyms: bawl out, berate, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, trounce
Source: Princeton University Wordnet