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Definition: call down
call down
v 1: evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic;
“raise the
specter of unemployment”;
“he conjured wild birds in the
air”;
“stir a disturbance”;
“call down the spirits from
the mountain” [syn:
raise,
conjure,
conjure up,
invoke,
evoke,
stir,
arouse,
bring up,
put forward,
call forth
]
2: 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” [syn:
call on the carpet,
rebuke,
rag,
trounce,
reproof,
lecture,
reprimand,
jaw,
dress down,
scold,
chide,
berate,
bawl out,
remonstrate,
chew out,
chew up,
have words,
lambaste,
lambast]