| What does call down mean? | we found 1 entry for the meaning of call down |
call down verb
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]
Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
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